RFP/Bidding

Thank you for your interest.

Below are the current opportunities for bidding on work with NHSaves’ utility partners.

Request for Proposal Notice – Midstream HVAC, Water Heater, Lab Equipment & Foodservice Distributor Support Services

To be Issued by National Grid, on behalf of the New Hampshire and Massachusetts Program Administrators

The NHSaves® utility partners and Mass Save® Sponsors are requesting proposals from implementation vendors qualified to provide support to plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (“HVAC”), and lab equipment wholesalers and foodservice dealers (“Distributors”) that participate in midstream incentive initiatives. Bidders may submit proposals separately for MA or NH, or for both states.

All services delivered by the selected Vendor will be in support of increasing awareness and participation in the utility partners’/Sponsors’ Residential Heating and Cooling offerings as well as Commercial & Industrial HVAC, Water Heating, Lab Equipment, and Foodservice programs.

The selected vendor will establish individual contracts with each utility partner/Sponsor. The NHSaves utility partners include Eversource, Liberty, New Hampshire Electric Co-op (NHEC), and Unitil. The Mass Save Sponsors include Berkshire Gas, Cape Light Compact, Eversource, Liberty, National Grid, and Unitil.

National Grid will be conducting this RFP on behalf of the Program Administrators through the ARIBA e-sourcing platform. If you would like to participate, please email kirsti.demarco1@nationalgrid.com or eeprocurement@eversource.com by March 14, 2024, to be sent an invitation.

In ARIBA, you will find all the information necessary to navigate through the tool and respond to the RFP.  The approximate RFP timeline and assessment process dates are stated below:

RFP issued to Vendors: April 4, 2024

Deadline for bidders/vendors to ask questions via ARIBA: April 29, 2024

Final Proposal Submission Deadline: May 3, 2024

Please note that all questions relating to this RFP must be submitted through the ARIBA Sourcing tool using the Messages function to ensure accurate information is provided to all project team members and suppliers, as well as to ensure process consistency. Eversource and National Grid will ONLY provide information related to this RFP via the Message function. No other communication vehicles will be allowed.