Opportunity Summary:
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Contract Opportunity Title: |
RFP 240071 – Tool Lending Library and Induction Cooktop Loaner Program |
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Request For: |
Proposal |
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Estimated Contract Value: |
$1.875M ($750,000 per 12-month period) |
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Work Location: |
San Ramon Valley Conference Center, Vendor Work Location(s), and the PG&E Service Territory |
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Response Due Date: |
Register interest no later than May 11, 2026, 3:00 PM PT
RFP tentative release date: April 13, 2026.
Formal RFP responses are due May 11, 2026, at 3:00 PM PT |
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NAICS Code / Size Standard |
541618/19
Opportunity Description:
Background:
Pacific Gas andElectric Company, incorporated in California in 1905, is one of the largestutility companies in the United States. Based in Oakland, the company is partof PG&E Corporation.
There areapproximately 23,000 employees who carry out Pacific Gas and Electric Company'sprimary business—the transmission and delivery of energy. The companyprovides natural gas and electric service to approximately 16 million peoplethroughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and centralCalifornia. PG&E service areastretches from Eureka in the north to Bakersfield in the south, and from thePacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east.
Pacific Gas andElectric Company and other energy companies in the state are regulated bythe California Public Utilities Commission. The CPUC was created by the state legislaturein 1911.
PG&E isfocused on rebuilding trust with the customers and hometowns we are privilegedto serve and everyone we work with as we deliver on our triple bottom lineapproach of serving People, the Planet, and California’s Prosperity. As webuild California’s energy future, we will continue our efforts to ensure thatbusinesses have an equitable opportunity to compete for PG&E’s business.
PG&Eis committed to helping customers optimize energy efficiency and to electrifyaffordably by providing customers with tools, programs, and resources to help themmake informed energy efficiency and electrification choices.
Contract Opportunity Description:
PG&Eis seeking proposals for the implementation and continuous improvement of twoexisting programs—Tool Lending Library (TLL) and Induction Cooktop LoanerProgram (ICLP).
TheTLL loans energy measurement tools to customers and energy managementprofessionals conducting energy efficiency, demand reduction, andelectrification projects for buildings and facilities in California. The ICLPloans induction cooktops to PG&E customers seeking to try inductioncooking. The Tool Lending Library (TLL) operates from the PG&E San RamonValley Conference Center and provides energy measurement, diagnostic, andmonitoring equipment used for building audits, electrification studies, industrialand agricultural optimization commissioning, monitoring and verification,research, and training applications (www.pge.com/tools) The program supportsthird-party implementers for PG&E energy efficiency programs, designers,contractors, building operators, facility and plant managers, engineers, andresidents by supplying tools that inform energy management decisions, validateperformance, and help implement energy-savingprojects. The TLL’s operational framework includes inventory management forover 5,000 tools, providing technical support to borrowers for tool selection,preparing loans, processing returns, maintaining an equipment QA/QC program,providing borrower support, data tracking, reporting, and integration withWE&T training programs. The TLL provides loans to organizations and peopleworking on projects throughout the State of California.
TheInduction Cooktop Loaner Program (ICLP) provides PG&E residential andcommercial food service customers opportunities to evaluate induction cookingtechnology in their own homes, businesses, and facilities. The programaddresses key market barriers such as unfamiliarity with induction, providinghands-on trialsthrough loaned induction cooktop kits. This program may operate from thecontractor’s approved place(s) of business, the PG&E San Ramon ValleyConference Center and/or the PG&E Stockton Conference Center or otherlocations approved by PG&E.
ThisRFP seeks a qualified contractor to operate both programs safely, efficiently,reliably, and in alignment with PG&E’s performance and reportingrequirements.
Conduct Requirements:
Suppliers,as well as their employees, subcontractors, and sub-suppliers, must adhere to theprinciples and standards outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct as they providegoods and services to PG&E. Review Code and understand its obligations here:
http://www.pgecorp.com/corp/about-us/compliance-ethics/program/third-party-code-conduct.page
How to Respond:
Suppliers interestedin participating in this Contract Opportunity must:
· Expressinterest by registering for the Wood Mackenzie event, by 3:00 PM PT on May11, 2026, at:
https://www.poweradvocate.com/pR.do?okey=240071&pubEvent=true
· RFPresponse due date is May 11, 2026, by 3:00 PM PST.
Please register to gainaccess to Wood Mackenzie to submit your questions (see registration link above).
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