Purpose/Background

BACKGROUND:

Boulder County and other Colorado communities are living with worsening impacts of climate change in the form of several alarming trends: more destructive wildfires, more heat waves and droughts, reduced snowpack, increased air pollution, and changing precipitation, among other indicators. These impacts are already happening and may be irreversible according to the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which illustrate what Boulder County and other communities have at stake—and why it’s critical to prepare for a different future.

IPCC and leading scientists are now in consensus that decarbonizing the built environment as rapidly as possible is an essential strategy to stem the worst effects of climate change. To accomplish this growing a robust green building workforce that is racially and gender inclusive is critical. Regionally, it is perceived that there are obstacles and barriers that have impacted minority and women owned businesses and communities from fully participating in a ‘green energy economy’.

The office of Sustainability, Climate Action & Resilience (OSCAR) seeks to hire a consultant to evaluate the current green energy economy landscape horizontally (i.e. across the region) and vertically (i.e upwards in the supply chain from in-field installers and contractors to architect/designers and suppliers) in order to evaluate access issues, concerns and barriers for minority and women businesses wanting to operate within the green and resilient building sector. Organizations, as well as well qualified individuals are encouraged to apply.

Written Inquiries

All inquiries regarding this RFP will be submitted via email to the Boulder County Purchasing Office at purchasing@bouldercounty.org on or before 2:00 p.m. April 11, 2022. A response from the county to all inquiries will be posted and sent via email no later than April 13, 2022.

Do not contact any other county department or personnel with questions or for information regarding this solicitation.

Submittal Instructions

Submittals are due at the email box only, listed below, for time and date recording on or before 2:00 p.m. Mountain Time on April 18, 2022.

Please note that email responses to this solicitation are limited to a maximum of 50MB capacity.

NO ZIP FILES OR LINKS TO EXTERNAL SITES WILL BE ACCEPTED. THIS INCLUDES GOOGLE DOCS AND SIMILAR SITES. ALL SUBMITTALS MUST BE RECEIVED AS AN ATTACHMENT (E.G. PDF, WORD, EXCEL).

Electronic Submittals must be received in the email box listed below. Submittals sent to any other box will NOT be forwarded or accepted. This email box is only accessed on the due date of your questions or proposals. Please use the Delivery Receipt option to verify receipt of your email. It is the sole responsibility of the proposer to ensure their documents are received before the deadline specified above. Boulder County does not accept responsibility under any circumstance for delayed or failed email or mailed submittals.

Email purchasing@bouldercounty.org; identified as RFP # 7336-22 in the subject line.

RFP #7336-22