EE Procurement Sample Clauses
EE Procurement a) ComEd EE Department commits to continue Plan procurement efforts throughout the four-year Plan Period to identify ready, willing, and able diverse firms offering relevant services in ComEd’s service area as well as identify ongoing relevant opportunities to contract with these firms.
b) ComEd EE Department will competitively bid EE program implementation, MDI and EM&V initiatives for the Plan Period. Home Energy Reports are exempt from the competitive bid requirement.
EE Procurement. ComEd EE is committed to procuring goods and services for its ratepayer-funded energy efficiency portfolio in a competitive, fair, transparent and equitable manner. ComEd recognizes the value of competition in driving innovation, improving quality, and reducing cost. It also acknowledges the value of supplier diversity in equitably investing ratepayer funds in the communities from which they originated, by creating business and employment opportunities in the ratepayer-financed energy efficiency job market. ComEd EE will continue and expand its practice of providing opportunities for non-profit organizations, Illinois-based business enterprises, and Certified MBE, WBE, VBE, service- disabled, and LGBTQ-owned business enterprises to compete on an equal basis for materials and services utilized by ComEd EE in connection with implementing its Plan. This includes Tier 1 and Tier 2 vendors, as well as service providers not under contract with ComEd. ComEd EE will make best efforts to provide sufficient information on technical and performance requirements and sufficient time to enable non-traditional bidders to compete effectively. This practice does not diminish, in any way, the objective of ComEd EE to acquire materials and services on the most economic basis available, considering factors such as price, quality, service reliability, accountability, safety and timely delivery, and encouraging all qualified suppliers and contractors to compete for ComEd’s business. ComEd EE Department will follow Exelon Supply guidelines, as modified by commitments made in the Policy Manual, for any contracts that require competitive bidding.