Conservation Demand
Management Information
Solution #0069
August 7, 2015
Addenda No. 1
Questions & Answers
The following forms Addenda No. 1
1. Questions & Answers
All other details of the RFQ remain unchanged.
1.
Questions & Answers:
CDM IS Project - IESO response to Vendors questions
Vendor’s Question
Can IESO please confirm the number of
Conservation and Demand Management
programs the solution will be expected to
support, along with a breakdown by sector
(i.e., residential versus commercial).
IESO response
At present there are 11 Approved Provincial
Programs available for Distribution Connected
Customers and Transmission Connected Customers
targeting various sectors across the Province.
Distribution Connected Customers are sub-divided
into 2 groups Residential and Non-Residential. Non –
Residential includes Commercial, Agricultural,
Institutional and Industrial sectors.
- Residential Programs include:
o Bi-Annual Retailer Event
o Coupon Program
o Heating and Cooling Program
o Home Assistance Program targeting the
Low Income segment
- Non-Residential Programs include:
o Audit Funding Program
o Energy Manager Program
o Existing Building Commissioning
o High Performance New Construction
o Monitoring and Targeting Program
o New Construction Program
o Process and System Upgrade Program
o Retrofit
Transmission Connected Customers can participate in
conservation initiatives through the Industrial
Accelerator Program which offers four initiatives :
- Retrofit
- Process & Systems including small capital
projects
- High Performance New Construction
- Energy Managers
More detailed information on the Industrial
Accelerator Program can be found on our external
website.
It is anticipated that an additional 5-10 new Provincial
Programs will be in market over the next five years as
well as approximately 20-30 Local or Regional
Programs over the same duration
Currently there is no Approved Local or Regional
Programs. However based on past cumulative
experience, it is expected that the breakdown
between Residential and Non-Residential will be
almost equal.
Item #74 of the RFP states the IESO may
enter into discussions with respondents for
a portion or portions of the deliverables.
Further, item #75 states one needs a
minimum technical score of 45 for
consideration.
Question 1, can one submit a proposal for a
portion of the SOW and how will you score
such proposals (given there is a minimum
score requirement)?
Answer to Question 1: As stated in the RFP para 69, IESO is
expecting to receive a complete proposal by respondents.
IESO will use the ranking criteria stated in the RFP to
evaluate vendor’s proposal.
Answer to Question 2: No, as stated in the RFP para 94clause ‘I’, IESO will deal with one prime contractor.
Question 2, is it possible you might take
pieces of two proposals and ask the
respondents to work together to deliver a
complete solution?
Can you please explain the language in
Requirement 26 on Page 6? First, point (a)
would seem to negate the need for
identification of the Country where
information would be stored as requested
in Requirement 25 above. Is Hosting in an
environment such as the Amazon AWS
GovCloud, which may include instances in
The Requirement 26 is not a mandatory requirement for
this RFP. Refer to section 3.9 RFP Evaluation Process and
Criteria for how Requirement 26 will be applied.
It is meant to be an extension of the previous evaluation
item (i.e., confirmation whether IESO Information will only
be stored in Canada). Specifically, the scope of the
sentence is actually broader than just requiring staff
the continental United States, an automatic
disqualifier? Secondly, how should we read
into point (b): "accessed, in respect of the
respondent, from Canada."? Will the IESO
disqualify responses from firms that have
the requisite experience and products if
they propose to support the application
from a US location? Obviously it would not
be possible to provide adequate customer
service from a location where the
application could not be accessed. Thank
you.
resources to be located within Canada, rather the IESO is
trying to identify whether the Respondent (including any of
their employees, agents, representatives etc…) will have
the ability to access the IESO Information from outside of
Canada (whether or not the staff allocated to work on the
solution are located in Canada).
With reference to section 2.6 Necessary
Experience
Is there flexibility on this requirement? We
have necessary experience but would be
creating a custom solution for IESO and
therefore it is not being actively used by
utilities. Would our solution be
considered?
Refer to RFP para 39, phase 1 (Application processing &
settlement of Retrofit program) should be delivered by the
end of Q1-2016 and remainder of the program by the end
of 2016. Due to such critical timeline constraint, 100%
customized solution build does not seems to be a feasible
option and will not be acceptable. IESO is seeking a
commercial off-the-shelf solution with configuration
option and limited customization.
Q1: Is the IESO seeking a commercial offthe-shelf (COTS) solution, or will custom
developed solutions be equally considered?
Ans. 1: Refer to RFP para 39, phase 1 (Application
processing & settlement of Retrofit program) should be
delivered by the end of Q1-2016 and remainder of the
program by the end of 2016. Due to such critical timeline
constraint, 100% customized solution build does not seems
to be a feasible option and will not be acceptable. IESO is
seeking a commercial off-the-shelf solution with
configuration option and limited customization.
Q2: Taking into account summer vacation
schedules, will the IESO consider and
extension of two weeks to the closing date
for respondent proposals?
Ans.2: No, IESO would like to start the work ASAP to meet
the critical timeline. Refer to RFP para 39 for details.