Inactive Total Small Business Set-Aside (FAR 19.5)

6/14/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0005 - IEPP EAC, publishes Q&A #4, Adds ERCOT Balancing Authority, clarifies that the Government may purchase more than the estimated amount, Quoters should q... 6/14/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0005 - IEPP EAC, publishes Q&A #4, Adds ERCOT Balancing Authority, clarifies that the Government may purchase more than the estimated amount, Quoters should quote up to the ceiling number of EACs in each Balancing Authority listed in Section I and clarifies that this procurement is 100% set aside for Tribal Majority Owned small business. 6/5/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0004 - IEPP EAC publishes Q&A #3. 5/9/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0003 - IEPP EAC publishes Q&A #2. 4/29/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0002 - IEPP EAC extends due date to 6/26/24, extends the Questions and Answers period until 6/12/24 and publishes Q&A #1. 4/19/24 CLARIFICATION: Adding Section G: Quoter Information and Checklist with clarifications aimed at assisting quoters in submitting a quote. This is not an amendment, all terms and conditions remain unchanged. 4/19/24 AMENDED: 47PA0724Q0001, Amendment 0001 - IEPP EAC Extends due date to 6/24/2024 The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) issued a synopsis on March 20, 2024 for this solicitation for commercial products in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. The GSA is requesting quotes for approximately 47,500 MWh of unbundled Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) from generation resources that deliver to certain Balancing Authorities more fully described below and qualify as carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) in order to meet Federal environmental goals laid out in Section 203 of Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability (December 8, 2021) and its associated White House Council on Environmental Quality Implementing Instructions. The quantity of 47,500 EACs is an estimate; the GSA may elect to purchase more/less than 47,500 depending on pricing and quantity of EACs offered. GSA anticipates awarding a single or multiple, one-time award of a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order as the result of the solicitation. This solicitation is being issued as 100% small business set aside. The applicable North American Industrial Classification Code System (NAICS) code is 221122, Electric Power Distribution. The Small Business Size Standard is 1,100 employees. Any supplier with the number of employees exceeding this standard for three continuous calendar years is considered a large business for the purposes of this procurement. Additionally, this solicitation in setaside for Tribal Majority-Owned small busineses utilizing the Indian Energy Purchase Preference as established in 25 U.S.C. § 3502(d). Tribal Majority-Owned Business Organizations are defined as an enterprise, partnership, consortium, corporation or other type of business organization in which the majority of the interest is owned and controlled by one or more Indian Tribes (25 U.S.C. §3502(d)(1)).

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This synopsis is being issued for a forthcoming solicitation for commercial products in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and... This synopsis is being issued for a forthcoming solicitation for commercial products in accordance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) subpart 12.6, Streamlined Procedures for Evaluation and Solicitation for Commercial Products and Commercial Services, as supplemented with additional information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes only the synopsis; quotes will be requested in an upcoming solicitation posted to this announcement. The solicitation is expected to be published on or around April 8th, 2024. The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) will be requesting quotes for approximately 47,500 unbundled Energy Attribute Certificates (EACs) from generation resources that deliver to certain Balancing Authorities more fully described below and qualify as carbon pollution-free electricity (CFE) in order to meet Federal environmental goals laid out in Section 203 of Executive Order (E.O.) 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability (December 8, 2021) and its associated White House Council on Environmental Quality Implementing Instructions. An EAC is an instrument that conveys information (attributes) about a unit of energy, including the resource used to create it and the emissions associated with its production and use. EACs provided must contain enough detail to satisfy the requirements of the contract. A Renewable Energy Certificate or REC is a type of EAC. Unbundled EACs are procured independently from the physical power. All EACs must be sourced from generation resources that: Produce CFE, which means electrical energy produced from resources that generate no carbon emissions, including marine energy, solar, wind, hydrokinetic (including tidal, wave, current, and thermal), geothermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewably-sourced hydrogen, and electrical energy generation from fossil resources to the extent there is active capture and storage of carbon dioxide emissions that meets Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requirements. (See Sec. 603(d) of Executive Order (E.O.) 14057); Were placed in service on or after October 1, 2021, either as a new resource or as new capacity at an existing resource modified to increase output; and Deliver CFE to any Balancing Authority where there is Federal facility consumption. A Balancing Authority, also known as Control Area, is an electric power system or combination of electric power systems bounded by interconnection metering and telemetry to which a common generation control scheme is applied. These Balancing Authorities manage the operation of the electric system within a specific geographic area. There are more than 60 balancing authorities in the U.S., and they are typically either utilities, Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs), or a group of utilities that have formed regional entities called regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs). The Government is looking for EACs in the following Balancing Authorities: Balancing Authority & Territory: California Independent System Operator (ISO) (CAISO) - California, parts of Nevada New York ISO (NYISO) - New York Midcontinent ISO (MISO) - Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, parts of Texas Southwest Power Pool (SPP) - All or a portion of Arkansas, Kansas, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming Avista Corporation (AVA), City of Tacoma, Department of Public Utilities, Light Division (TPWR_PUD No. 1 of Douglas County (DOPD), Puget Sound Energy (PSEI), Seattle City Light (SCL) - Washington Bonneville Power Administration (BPAT) - Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana, and small portions of northern California, northern Nevada, northern Utah, and western Wyoming EACs must have been generated between April 1, 2023 and December 1, 2024.GSA anticipates a single, one-time award of a Firm-Fixed Price Purchase Order as the result of the solicitation. The solicitation is being set aside under the Indian Energy Purchase Preference established in Title V of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, codified at 25 U.S.C. § 3502(d), which established a preference for purchasing electricity and other energy products, to include EACs, from Indian Tribes and Tribal Enterprises. To be considered for this procurement the supplier must be classified as a Tribal Majority-Owned Business Organization. Tribal Majority-Owned Business Organizations are defined as an energy and resource production enterprise, partnership, consortium, corporation or other type of business organization in which the majority of the interest is owned and controlled by one or more Indian Tribes (25 U.S.C. §3502(d)(1)). The applicable North American Industrial Classification Code System (NAICS) code is 221122, Electric Power Distribution.