The Bid Date for the REC RFP is today, May 10, 2012. You must submit your bids between 10AM and 12 PM (noon) Central Prevailing Time today. Please submit your bids NOW!
Confidential Information for the submission of bids was provided with your Notification of Qualification sent to you via secure file transfer email on April 19, 2012. Please have this information at hand when submitting your Bids.
If you have questions related to your Confidential Information or to the bid submission process, please contact us at: 312-573-2811.
The Procurement Administrator has posted new FAQs to the FAQ page of the RFP web site. This will be the final posting prior to the submission of Bids in the REC RFP.
The Bid Date for the REC RFP is tomorrow, May 10, 2012. You must submit your bids between 10AM and 12 PM (noon) Central Prevailing Time tomorrow.
There are two options for the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit, Option 1 and Option 2, which are both included as Schedule 1A to the Collateral Annex of the REC Master Agreement. Option 1 of the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit may be used with either Option 1 or Option 2 of Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer). Similarly, Option 2 of the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit may be used with either Option 1 or Option 2 of Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer).
The Procurement Administrator has posted the final document with acceptable modifications for each of the two options for the Standard Post-Bid Letter of Credit and for each of the two options for Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer) for the REC RFP to the Renewables Documents page. All modifications to the Standard Post-Bid Letter of Credit (including Exhibit A) accepted for the benefit of a single Bidder are made available to all Bidders on an optional basis.
The Supplier Fee for the ComEd 2012 REC RFP is: $0.15 (15 cents) per REC.
The Supplier Fees are paid only by suppliers whose bids are approved by the Illinois Commerce Commission.
On Wednesday, May 2, 2012, the Illinois Commerce Commission ("ICC") approved the results of the Standard Products RFP for ComEd's portfolio. In accordance with the Act and ICC Orders, the Procurement Administrator is releasing the information concerning the results of the RFP. Please see the Standards Products Documents page.
Bidders are invited to participate in a training session for the REC RFP TOMORROW, May 1, 2012 between 11 AM and 1 PM Central Prevailing Time. A member of the Procurement Administrator team will be on hand to answer your questions regarding the completion and submission of the Bid Form. The Procurement Administrator will confirm receipt of your Bid Form and will give you the opportunity to practice submitting Bids by fax if you wish.
We strongly recommend that you participate so that we may identify any problems that could impede your ability to submit Bids and resolve such problems before the Bid Date. If you are unable to participate due to a schedule conflict, please contact us.
The deadline for submission of Part 2 Proposals (except Bids) for the Renewable Energy Resources RFP (“REC RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT Thursday, May 3, 2012. The Part 2 Form and documents are available on the Renewables Documents page of the RFP Web site.
The Master Agreement and any Guaranty documents for which you are required to sign are included in your Notification of Qualification email dated April 19, 2012 or April 20, 2012.
Hardcopy Part 2 Proposal materials, including the Pre-Bid Letter of Credit, must be sent to the following address: NERA Economic Consulting ComEd Procurement Administrator 875 North Michigan Ave, Suite 3650 Chicago, IL 60611
The Bid Date in the STP RFP is today, April 26, 2012. You must submit your bids between 10AM and 12 PM (noon) Central Prevailing Time today.
Confidential Information for the submission of bids was provided with your Notification of Qualification sent to you via secure file transfer email on April 12, 2012. Please have this information at hand when submitting your Bids.
The Procurement Administrator has posted new FAQs to the FAQ page of the RFP web site. This will be the final posting prior to the submission of Bids in the STP RFP (tomorrow, between 10 AM and 12 PM Central Prevailing Time).
The Procurement Administrator has posted the final document with acceptable modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit for the REC RFP to the Renewables Documentspage. All modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit accepted for the benefit of a single Bidder are made available to all Bidders on an optional basis.
There are two options for the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit, Option 1 and Option 2, which are both included as Schedule 1A to the Collateral Annex of the STP Master Agreement. Option 1 of the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit may be used with either Option 1 or Option 2 of Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer). Similarly, Option 2 of the Standard Post‐Bid Letter of Credit may be used with either Option 1 or Option 2 of Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer).
The Procurement Administrator has posted the final document with acceptable modifications for each of the two options for the Standard Post-Bid Letter of Credit and for each of the two options for Exhibit A (the Letter of Full Transfer) for the STP RFP to the Standard Products Documents page. All modifications to the Standard Post-Bid Letter of Credit (including Exhibit A) accepted for the benefit of a single Bidder are made available to all Bidders on an optional basis.
The Renewable Energy Resources RFP Process and Rules (“REC Rules”) provide a Budget that is preliminary only. The final Budget for the REC RFP in the Spring 2012 procurement events is as follows:
The Target (RECs) in the above table is the same as the Target provided in the REC Rules.
The evaluation of Bids and the selection of RECs in no case will result in the procurement of RECs that exceed the Target or that combine to cost more than the Budget. Details of the evaluation and selection procedure are provided in Appendix 5 of the REC Rules.
Inquiries may be directed to the Procurement Administrator through the Ask a Question page of the RFP web site.
The Supplier Fees for the ComEd 2012 Standard Products RFP are:
$ 8,000 per off-peak block $ 12,000 per on-peak block
The deadline for submission of Part 2 Proposals (except Bids) for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT TOMORROW, Thursday, April 19, 2012. The Part 2 Form and documents are available on the Standard Products Documents page of the RFP Web site.
The Master Agreement and any Guaranty documents for which you are required to sign are included in your Notification of Qualification email dated April 12, 2012.
Bidders are invited to participate in a training session for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) TODAY, April 17, 2012 between 11 AM and 1 PM Central. Instructions for participation in the training session were provided in your Notification of Qualification email sent on April 12, 2012.
A member of the Procurement Administrator team will be on hand to answer your questions regarding the completion and submission of the Bid Form. The Procurement Administrator will confirm receipt of your Bid Form and will give you the opportunity to practice submitting Bids by fax if you wish.
The Procurement Administrator has posted the final document with acceptable modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit for the STP RFP to the Standard Products Documents page. All modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit accepted for the benefit of a single Bidder are made available to all Bidders on an optional basis.
The Procurement Administrator has also posted an updated draft document of the acceptable modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit for the REC RFP to the Renewables Documents page. The final document containing all acceptable modifications will be posted by 12 PM (noon) on April 23, 2012.
Bidders are invited to participate in a training session for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) TOMORROW, April 17, 2012 between 11 AM and 1 PM Central. A member of the Procurement Administrator team will be on hand to answer your questions regarding the completion and submission of the Bid Form. The Procurement Administrator will confirm receipt of your Bid Form and will give you the opportunity to practice submitting Bids by fax if you wish.
The deadline for submission of Part 2 Proposals (except Bids) for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT this coming Thursday, April 19, 2012. The Part 2 Form and documents are available on the Standard Products Documents page of the RFP Web site.
The deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the Renewable Energy Resources RFP (“REC RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT this coming Monday, April 16, 2012. All necessary documents are available on the Renewables Documents page of the RFP Web site.
Hardcopy Part 1 Proposal materials must be sent to the following address: NERA Economic Consulting ComEd Procurement Administrator 875 North Michigan Ave, Suite 3650 Chicago, IL 60611
Electronic documents, including the electronic copy of the Part 1 Form and the electronic copy of the Supplement to the Part 1 Form, may be emailed to: ComEdPA@nera.com.
The deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT TODAY, April 9, 2012. All necessary documents are available on the Standard Products Documents page of the RFP Web site.
Please note that the deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the REC RFP only is 12 PM (noon) CPT on Monday, April 16, 2012. Bidders participating in both RFPs must submit materials by 12 PM (noon) TODAY, April 9, 2012.
The Procurement Administrator has posted an interim document with acceptable modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit to the Standard Products Documents and the Renewables Documents pages of the RFP Web site. All modifications to the Standard Pre-Bid Letter of Credit accepted for the benefit of a single Bidder are made available to all Bidders on an optional basis.
By 12 PM (noon) on April 16, 2012, the final document containing all acceptable modifications will be posted for the STP RFP. By 12 PM (noon) on April 23, 2012, the final document containing all acceptable modifications will be posted for the REC RFP.
The deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the Standard Products RFP (“STP RFP”) is 12 PM (noon) CPT this coming Monday,April 9, 2012. All necessary documents are available on the Standard Products Documents of the RFP Web site.
Please note that the deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the REC RFPonly is a week later, 12 PM (noon) CPT on Monday, April 16, 2012. Bidders participating in both RFPs must submit materials by Monday, April 9, 2012.
For the convenience of Bidders, the Procurement Administrator has created a new section for the final Letters of Credit on both the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages of the RFP Web site. The final Letters of Credit (posted 28 March 2012) are different from the draft Letters of Credit (posted 12 March 2012). Bidders wishing to submit redline comments on the Letters of Credit should use the final Letters of Credit posted to the new sections:
Standard Products Letters of Credit (Final) (March 28, 2012)
REC Letters of Credit (Final) (March 28, 2012)
Bidders may submit redline comments on the Letters of Credit along with the presentation of their Part 1 Proposals (due on Monday, April 9, 2012 for the STP RFP and Monday, April 16, 2012 for the REC RFP).
Any Bidder that submits a Part 1 Proposal in for the Spring 2012 Procurement events must pay a non-refundable Bid Participation Fee of $500. The Bid Participation Fee is due to the Illinois Power Agency on the Part 1 Date (12 PM on Monday, April 9, 2012 for the Standard Products RFP, and 12 PM on Monday, April 16, 2012 for the REC RFP).A Bidder that paid a Bid Participation Fee for the Winter Rate Stability Procurements is required to pay another Bid Participation Fee for the Spring 2012 procurement events.
A Bidder that has paid the Bid Participation Fee for participation in the Ameren RFPs for the Spring 2012 procurement events is not required to pay another Bid Participation Fee. A Bidder participating in both the STP RFP and the REC RFP for ComEd held in Spring 2012 is only required to pay one Bid Participation Fee of $500.
A Bidder has two payment option for the Bid Participation Fee:
Please email the Procurement Administrator at ComEdPA@nera.com for a complete set of instructions.
The Procurement Administrator evaluates Bids for each Bidder that qualifies pursuant to a successful Part 1 Proposal and that fulfills all the requirements of the Part 2 Proposal.
The window for submission of Part 1 Proposals (and for early submission of the Part 2 Form) is now open. The Part 1 Form, the Supplement to the Part 1 Form, and the Part 2 Form are available on the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages of the RFP Web site.
The deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the STP RFP is 12 PM (noon) CPT on Monday, April 9, 2012. The deadline for submission of Part 1 Proposals for the REC RFP is 12 PM (noon) CPT on Monday, April 16, 2012.
Hardcopy Part 1 Proposal materials must be sent to the following address:
NERA Economic Consulting ComEd Procurement Administrator 875 North Michigan Ave, Suite 3650 Chicago, IL 60611
Inquiries may be directed to the Procurement Administrator by telephone at 312.573.2811 or through the Ask a Question page.
PART 1 DATE FOR STP RFP: 09 APRIL
PART 1 DATE FOR REC RFP: 16 APRIL
As noted on the Wednesday, March 28, 2012 bidder conference call, FINAL contract documents and FINAL RFP documents are available on the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages of the RFP Web site. All documents necessary for presentation of the Part 1 Proposal (due on Monday, April 9, 2012 for the STP RFP and Monday, April 16, 2012 for the REC RFP) are available.
Presentation materials and an audio recording of the bidder conference call held on March 28, 2012 are also available.
The Procurement Administrator has posted presentation materials and an audio recording of the bidder conference call held on March 28, 2012 to the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages of the RFP website.
The Procurement Administrator invites you to participate in a conference call TODAY, WEDNESDAY, March 28, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern. Representatives of NERA, the Procurement Administrator, will provide an overview of the Master Agreements and an overview of the RFP Process and Rules including qualification and credit requirements. Time is scheduled for questions.
Dial-in instructions are as follows:
Wednesday, March 28th at 2pm (Central / 3PM (Eastern)
1. Dial 1 (877) 362-1746
2. Enter Conference Code: 66026844 and press #
NOTE: Alternate dial in number (For International Callers): +1 (901) 300-3501
This is a reminder that a conference call will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern where representatives of NERA, the Procurement Administrator, will provide an overview of the Master Agreements and an overview of the RFP Process and Rules including qualification and credit requirements. Time is scheduled for questions.
If you wish to participate, please provide by return email a simple response of “YES”, so that sufficient ports can be made available. Call-in information and presentation materials will be provided to respondents tomorrow morning, prior to the call.
A conference call will be held on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern where representatives of NERA, the Procurement Administrator, will provide an overview of the Master Agreements and an overview of the RFP Process and Rules including qualification and credit requirements. Time is scheduled for questions.
If you wish to participate, please provide by return email a simple response of “YES”, so that sufficient ports can be made available. Call-in information and presentation materials will be provided to respondents in the morning of March 28, 2012 prior to the call.
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The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the EEI Master Power Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "Standard Master Agreement") for the Standard Products RFP. The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the ABA-EMA-ACORE Master Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "REC Master Agreement") for the REC RFP.
The contract comment process document and draft contract documents are posted to the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages.
The deadline to submit comments is 6PM TOMORROW Thursday, March 15, 2012 and should be submitted to ComEdPA@nera.com. Please provide telephone and email contact information in the event that the Procurement Administrator seeks clarification regarding your comments.
The Procurement Administrator has posted the following DRAFT RFP documents for the STP RFP and the REC RFP on the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages.
STP RFP Documents (DRAFT) (March 12, 2012)
REC RFP Documents (DRAFT) (March 12, 2012)
The deadline to submit comments is 6PM on Thursday, March 15, 2012 and should be submitted to ComEdPA@nera.com. Please provide telephone and email contact information in the event that the Procurement Administrator seeks clarification regarding your comments.
The Procurement Administrator has posted the presentation and audio recording from the conference call held on March 6, 2012 in connection with the comment process for the draft contract documents. These are available on the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages.
The deadline to submit comments is 6PM on Thursday, March 15, 2012 and should be submitted to ComEdPA@nera.com.
The Procurement Administrator invites you to participate in a conference call TODAY, TUESDAY, March 6, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern on the proposed Master Agreements for the procurement of standard energy products (“Standard Products RFP”) and the procurement of renewable energy products (“REC RFP”). Representatives from NERA will provide an overview of the Master Agreements and an overview of the process for providing comments. Time is scheduled for questions.
Tuesday, March 6th at 2pm (Central) / 3pm (Eastern)
2. Enter Conference Code: 58742359 and press #
The contract comment process document, draft contract documents, and presentation materials are posted to the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages.
This is a reminder that the below conference call to discuss the comment process for the proposed Master Agreements for the Standard Products RFP and the REC RFP is Tomorrow, March 6, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern. If you wish to participate, please provide by return email a simple response of “YES”, so that sufficient ports can be made available.Call-in information and presentation materials will be provided to respondents tomorrow morning prior to the call.
The 2012 Spring Procurements include the procurement of standard energy products for a three-year period (“Standard Products RFP”) as well as the procurement of renewable energy products (“REC RFP”) to meet the supply needs of eligible retail customers of Commonwealth Edison Company ("ComEd").
NERA Economic Consulting has been retained by the Illinois Power Agency ("IPA") as the Procurement Administrator for this procurement event. The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the EEI Master Power Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "Standard Master Agreement") for the Standard Products RFP. The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the ABA-EMA-ACORE Master Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "REC Master Agreement") for the REC RFP.
The Procurement Administrator invites interested parties to submit their comments on the Master Agreements. All comments received will be reviewed by representatives from the IPA, the Procurement Administrator, the Procurement Monitor, Staff of the Illinois Commerce Commission ("ICC"), and ComEd.
The following have been posted to the Standard Products Documents and Renewables Documents pages of the RFP Web site (www.comed-energyrfp.com):
· An invitation to comment on the Master Agreements
· Draft Master Agreements for the 2012 Spring Procurements
· Redline documents showing differences from Spring 2011 procurements
NERA Economic Consulting has been retained by the Illinois Power Agency ("IPA") as the Procurement Administrator for this procurement event. The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the EEI Master Power Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "Standard Master Agreement") for the Standard Products RFP. The Procurement Administrator is proposing as the standard contract form the ABA-EMA-ACORE Master Renewable Energy Certificate Purchase & Sale Agreement with certain modifications and specific terms (the "REC Master Agreement") for the REC RFP. The Master Agreements will be posted to the RFP Web site (www.comed-energyrfp.com) early next week.
The Procurement Administrator invites you to participate in a conference call Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 2PM Central/3PM Eastern to launch the comment process for the proposed Master Agreement for each procurement event. Representatives of NERA will provide an overview of the Master Agreements and an overview of the process for providing comments. Time is scheduled for questions.
If you wish to participate, please provide by return email a simple response of “YES”, so that sufficient ports can be made available. Call-in information and presentation materials will be provided to respondents in the morning of March 6, 2012 prior to the call.
Please visit the ComEd Procurement Web site at: www.comed-energyrfp.com, which has been updated for 2012 Spring Procurements related to standard energy products and renewable energy credits to meet the supply needs of eligible retail customers of Commonwealth Edison Company (“ComEd”). To continue receiving announcements, if you have not already done so, please: Register Now!
NERA Economic Consulting has been retained by the Illinois Power Agency (“IPA”) as the Procurement Administrator for the ComEd portfolio.
To submit a question to us, please use the Ask a Question page. The Procurement Administrator responds to a question by email directly to the questioner. If the question provides new information for potential suppliers, the question and answer are posted to the Web site as an FAQ.
