Request for Proposals

Act 129 Statewide Evaluator

RFP 2025-2 (Word)

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Technical Utility Services seeks to retain the services of a contractor who will perform as the Commission’s Act 129 Statewide Evaluator.  The Commission has been charged by the Pennsylvania General Assembly pursuant to Act 129 of 2008 with establishing an energy efficiency and conservation program. 66 Pa.C.S. §§ 2806.1 and 2806.2.  The energy efficiency and conservation program requires each electric distribution company (EDC) with at least 100,000 customers to adopt a plan to reduce peak energy demand and energy consumption within its service territory. 66 Pa.C.S. § 2806.1. 

The contract will be a six-year, fixed term, price not-to-exceed, fee-for-service contract, estimated to start in March 2026 and end on February 28, 2032.  

The sole point of contact in the Commonwealth for this RFP shall be the Issuing Officer, Darren D. Gill, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Technical Utility Services, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 400 North Street, Harrisburg PA 17120, work telephone number 717 783-5244 and email dgill@pa.gov.  Please refer all inquiries to the Issuing Officer.

The deadline to submit questions via email regarding this RFP is October 24, 2025.  Please submit questions to Darren Gill at dgill@pa.gov.

Answers to submitted questions will be posted on this webpage by October 31, 2025.

The deadline to submit a proposal is Monday, November 24, 2025 by 3 p.m.

RFP & Appendices

RFP 2025-2 (Word)

• Appendix A - Cover Sheet
• Appendix B - Domestic Workforce Utilization
• Appendix C - Iran Free Procurement Certification
• Appendix D - Trade Secret Confidential Property Notice
• Appendix E - SDB Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix F - VBE Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix G - BDISBO Model Form SDB VBE Subcontract Agreement (Word)
• Contract - Terms & Conditions - Paper Contract (Word)

Electric Resource Adequacy Consultant

RFP 2025-3 (Word)

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Technical Utility Services (TUS) seeks to retain the services of a contractor who will perform a specific study related to electric resource adequacy.

The contract will be a seven-month, fixed term, price not-to-exceed, fee-for-service contract.

The sole point of contact in the Commonwealth for this RFP shall be the Issuing Officer, Darren D. Gill, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Technical Utility Services, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 400 North Street, Harrisburg PA 17120, work telephone number 717 783-5244 and email dgill@pa.gov.  Please refer all inquiries to the Issuing Officer.

The deadline for submitting questions via email to Issuing Officer Darren Gill at dgill@pa.gov is Monday, October 6, 2025.  

Answers to Questions posed by potential bidders, posted on Friday, October 10, 2025.

The deadline to submit proposals is Friday, October 31, 2025.  

RFP & Appendices

RFP 2025-3 (Word)

• Appendix A - Cover Sheet
• Appendix B - Domestic Workforce Utilization
• Appendix C - Iran Free Procurement Certification
• Appendix D - Trade Secret Confidential Property Notice
• Appendix E - SDB Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix F - VBE Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix G - BDISBO Model Form SDB VBE Subcontract Agreement (Word)
• Contract - Terms & Conditions - Paper Contract (Word)

Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Administrator

RFP 2025-1

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Bureau of Technical Utility Services (“TUS”) seeks to retain the services of a contractor who will perform certain functions necessary for the implementation of the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004, as amended (“AEPS Act” or “Act”). 73 P.S. §§ 1648.1-1648.8 and 66 Pa.C.S. § 2814.

The contract will be a five-year, fixed term, price not-to-exceed, fee-for-service contract that will end on December 31, 2030.

The sole point of contact in the Commonwealth for this RFP shall be the Issuing Officer, Darren D. Gill, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Technical Utility Services, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, 400 North Street, Harrisburg PA 17120, work telephone number 717-783-5244 and email dgill@pa.gov.  Please refer all inquiries to the Issuing Officer.

The deadline for submitting questions via email to Issuing Officer Darren Gill at dgill@pa.gov is Wednesday, July 9, 2025.

Answers to Questions posed by potential bidders.

The deadline to submit proposals is Monday, August 4. 2025.  

RFP 2025-1

Appendixes

• Appendix A - Cover Sheet
• Appendix B - Domestic Workforce Utilization
• Appendix C - Iran Free Procurement Certification
• Appendix D - Trade Secret Confidential Property Notice
• Appendix E - SDB Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix F - VBE Participation Forms with Summary Sheet
• Appendix G - BDISBO Model Form SDB VBE Subcontract Agreement
• Contract - Terms & Conditions - Paper Contract

Pre-Bid Meeting BDISBO Presentation - Dated July 1, 2025 at 1 PM.

Childcare Services to Operate the Keystone Early Learning Center

Issuer: Keystone Early Learning Center Parent Association (Sponsored by the Public Utility Commission.)

RFP-2024-1 (PDF) / Word / Daycare Floor Plan

This Request for Proposals (“RFP”) provides interested contractors with sufficient information to enable them to prepare and submit proposals for consideration by the Keystone Early Learning Center Parent Association (“Parent Association” or “Association”) to provide childcare services for five years in the Keystone Early Learning Center (“KELC” or “Center”) at the Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North St., Harrisburg PA 17120, in the Capitol Complex, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 

The Parent Association oversees the provision of high-quality and affordable work-site child care services by a private child care service provider in the Center.  The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission ("PUC" or “Commission”), an independent agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is the sponsoring agency which provides access to governmental facilities for the Contractor to provide services.  The PUC is independent of the Parent Association and the Center.  The relationship between the PUC and the Parent Association and the Center is determined by a separate Agreement between the Parent Association and the PUC.

The Parent Association wishes to procure high-quality, affordable worksite child care services for presently up to 70 children, aged 6 weeks to 5 years or pre-kindergarten.  The current full-time equivalent enrollment of our classrooms is as follows: 12 infants; 15 young toddlers; 18 older toddlers; and 20 preschoolers.  The facility is being expanded to add room for 4 more infants and 16 more preschoolers, for a total maximum enrollment of up to 90 children.

The Contract is for January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2029.

Questions and Answers - A list of the Questions posed by prospective bidders and answers from the Issuing Officer. Dated October 15, 2024.

Bids are due Tuesday, October 22, 2024, by 3 p.m.

PUC RFP 2024-3 Geophysical Engineering Services

RFP 2024-3 (PDF) / Word 

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Investigation and Enforcement Bureau (I&E) seeks a full-service earth resource engineering and consulting firm, specializing in geotechnical engineering, hydrogeology, and geophysics to provide engineering technical support on horizontal directional drilling projects and other pipeline/utility projects.  BIE investigates matters related to pipelines and requires geophysical engineering consulting on these matters.  BIE seeks to retain such advisors and utilize them as necessary to effectuate BIE’s pipeline safety enforcement duties.  This will include providing written and oral testimony in adversarial proceedings to support the contractor’s professional findings and conclusions.

The contract will run from approximately October 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.

Questions and Answers - A list of the Questions posed by prospective bidders and answers from the Issuing Officer. Dated August 20, 2024.

Proposals are due Tuesday, September 3, 2024, by 3 p.m., as indicated in the Calendar of Events.

• Contract Terms & Conditions
• Appendix A - Proposal Cover Sheet
• Appendix B -  Domestic Workforce Utilization
• Appendix C - Iran Free Procurement Certification Form
• Appendix D - Trade Secret/Confidential Proprietary Information Notice
• Appendix E - Small Diverse Business Participation Forms
• Appendix F - Veteran Business Enterprise Participation Forms
• Appendix G - Small Diverse Business/Veteran Business Enterprise Subcontractor Agreement

Pre-Bid Meeting BDISBO Presentation - Dated August 8, 2024 at 1 PM.

Questions should be directed to Robert Horensky, Issuing Officer, at rhorensky@pa.gov.

PUC RFP 2024-1 Captioned Telephone Relay Services (CTRS)

RFP 2024-1 CTRS (PDF) / Word

The Commission is seeking a contractor to provide intrastate CTRS in Pennsylvania.  CTRS users receive both the voice to listen to the phone conversation and word-for-word captions of what is said to them.  CTRS combines the spoken word with the printed word visible on telecommunications equipment during a telephone conversation.  It also includes voice mail, E-911, and other customary telecommunications services.  CTRS provide telephone transmission services that allow a person with a disability to engage in communication by wire or radio with a hearing individual in a manner that is functionally equivalent to the ability of a person who does not have a disability to communicate using voice communication services by wire or radio. 

The contract will run from approximately July 1, 2024, to June 30, 2029.

Questions and Answers - A list of the Questions posed by prospective bidders and answers from the Issuing Officer. Dated May 7, 2024.

Proposals are due Monday, June 17, 2024, by 3 p.m., extended from May 20, 2024.

• Contract Part VII Terms & Conditions
• Appendix C - Iran Free Procurement Certification Form
• Appendix D - Trade Secret/Confidential Proprietary Information Notice
• Appendix E - Small Diverse Business Participation Forms
• Appendix F - Veteran Business Enterprise Participation Forms
• Appendix G - Small Diverse Business/Veteran Business Enterprise Subcontractor Agreement

Questions should be directed to Melissa Derr, Issuing Officer, at mderr@pa.gov.

PUC RFP-1-2023 Request for Proposals to Provide Human Resources Legal Services

Human Resources Legal Services Contract & Recommendation Letter

• Recommendation Letter
• HR Contract Part 1
• HR Contract Part 2
• HR Contract Part 3
• HR Contract Part 4

RFP-1-2023 (PDF) or Word

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission is seeking bidders to provide Human Resources Legal Services to the Commission. 

The Commission’s Office of Human Resources (“Issuing Office”) has issued this RFP on behalf of the Commission.  The sole point of contact in the Commission for this RFP shall be Michael E. Roberts, Director of Human Resources, PA Public Utility Commission, 400 North St, Harrisburg, PA 17120.  Mr. Robert’s email is michrobert@pa.gov.  Please refer all inquiries to the Issuing Officer.

The Commission seeks legal counsel and representation in matters relating to Labor and Employment Law, to provide counsel to the Human Resources Department as well as other senior Commission staff.

It is proposed that if the Issuing Office enters into a contract as a result of this RFP, it will be a five-year, fixed-term, fee-for-service, overall price-not-to exceed contract.  The Contract will commence sometime in February/March 2024.  The Contract will end five years after execution in February/March, 2029.  The overall price not-to-exceed is for the Contract $600,000.  The overall contract amount can exceed $600,000 only by written Amendment to this Contract.

If a Bidder has any questions regarding this RFP, the Bidder must submit the questions by email (with the subject line “PUC RFP-1-2023 HR Legal Services RFP Question”) to the Issuing Officer Michael Roberts at michrobert@pa.gov by Tuesday, January 9, 2024. 

Pre-proposal Presentation - There will be a pre-proposal Conference with a presentation from the Bureau of Diversity, Inclusion and Small Business Opportunities (BDISBO) via Microsoft Teams or audio only phone-in on Wednesday, January 10, 2024, at 2 p.m.  Attendance is recommended.

The Issuing Officer shall post the answers to the questions to the Commission’s website at by Tuesday, January 16, 2024. 

Questions and Answers

• Are offerors required to have staff office within the Capitol region to be awarded this RFP, or is it acceptable if staff is able to commute to the Capital region as often as needed from Center City?

Not required, but our preference is to have a dedicated office located in the Capitol region. Offerors will be rated based on the evaluation criteria included in the RFP. Dedicated staff located in the Capitol region is one of four. While not a requirement, offerors will be evaluated based on the adherence to this criteria. Most of our work occurs in the Capitol Region so the desire is to have legal staff present for any necessary in-person needs.

• Will the location of staff through subcontractors be taken into consideration for this criteria? For example, if our SBD/VBE is located in the Capital region, is that sufficient enough to meet the evaluation criteria?

Our main consideration/evaluation will be of the principal offeror to the technical criteria. The evaluation team will provide due weight to the subcontractors, but the team will be primarily focuses on the offerors suitability to the evaluation criteria rather than any subcontractors.

Bids must be received by the Issuing Office by 3:00 P.M. on Monday, January 29, 2024, at PA Public Utility Commission, Attn: Michael E. Roberts, 400 North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120.