Green-e Renewable Energy Certificates

Contact Information

Carl Spector

(617) 635-3854

carl.spector@boston.gov 

The City of Boston, Massachusetts (the “City”), acting by and through its Commissioner of the Environment (the “Official”), invites sealed bids for the delivery of the commodities generally described above, as more particularly set forth in the Invitation for Bids dated May 18, 2020 (the “IFB”).

Copies of the IFB may be obtained commencing at 12 o’clock noon Eastern  Time (ET), May 18, 2020 via the City’s Supplier Portal (https://boston.gov/supplierportal) under Event ID EV00008020 (“Invitation for Bids for Green-e RECs”). The attention of all bidders is directed to the provisions of the IFB and the contract documents contained therein. The IFB shall remain available until the time specified below for the submission of bids.

Bidders shall submit their bid responses electronically via the City’s Supplier Portal. Bid responses shall be due no later than 12 o’clock noon, June 1, 2020.

The successful bidder will source a minimum of 28,000 megawatt hours of Green-e renewable energy certificates (RECs) on behalf of the City. The RECs will be calendar year 2020 vintage. The successful bidder shall also be required, on an as needed basis, to provide documentation to the City for the purpose of qualifying the RECs for credit under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for certain municipal building projects. The City shall not be required to pay an additional amount for the provision of any such documentation. Bidders are required to provide prices for RECs generated by Massachusetts RPS Class I-eligible sources, and Massachusetts non-RPS-eligible sources. Bidders are also required to provide pricing for RECs sourced elsewhere in New England (Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island and Connecticut), as well as from outside the region, including sources outside of the U.S. Bidders should provide the location of all sources of RECs, including the name and address of facilities, if possible. All RECs must be 100% renewable sources as defined by the Green-e program of the Center for Resource Solutions, or be originated from generation units in the NEPOOL-GIS having a commercial operation date later than December 31, 1997.

The award of the contract shall be subject to the approval of the Mayor of the City of Boston. 

The maximum time for the award of a contract after the opening of bids shall be ninety (90) days, unless the Official shall request an extension of such period in writing, and price proposals shall remain effective for the entire ninety (90) day period.

The City and the Official reserve the right to cancel the IFB, to reject any and all bids, or any item or items thereof, and to waive minor informalities in any response.

Carl Spector, Commissioner of the Environment