How does Lumen Energy evaluate bids?

We have a multi-faceted bid submission and evaluation process to make it easy for you to compare and select the bidder that best fits your goals (whatever they may be).

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All bidders are required to submit extensive document in their bids (including but not limited to):

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• Company qualifications & project experience: Number of projects installed under the jurisdiction of the utility & local AHJ; project team bios and experience; applicable licenses; company financial statements; C&I project customer references
• Proposed project details: HelioScope report with proposed site layout; 8760 CSV containing production data of proposed system; proposed equipment (solar module; inverter; racking; monitoring system/solution); equipment warranties; Operations & Maintenance Plan offered for the project 
• Project schedule
• Project cost: all-in turnkey project cost (including all taxes, expected AHJ and utility fees); detailed breakdown of project cost across specific cost categories; O&M pricing (if included); prices of alternates (if requested)
• Contract red-lines: if EPC doesn’t accept your company’s standard contract as-is
• Responsible supplier policy: if your company has a Responsible Supplier Policy, we can also incorporate this into our bid scoring

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We assess every bid based on a scoring criteria that is developed in collaboration with you so that our bid scores are transparent and aligned with your priorities. Our app also enables you to drill-down into the scores assigned to each bid so that you can compare bids across different scoring categories.

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