Third Party Natural Gas Supply

An electronic copy of the RFP may be obtained after 12 o’clock noon Eastern Time (ET) on January 23, 2023 at the City’s Procurement website https://www.boston.gov/departments/procurement, click on Supplier Portal, and locate Event ID EV00011714.

The RFP will be available up to the deadline for the submission of Non-Price proposals as set forth below. This RFP is exempt from the public bidding requirements of M.G.L. c.30B pursuant to sec. (1)(b)(33) thereof.

Vendors shall submit their Non-Price proposals electronically via the City’s Supplier Portal no later than 12 o’clock noon ET on February 14, 2023. Price Proposals will be separately submitted electronically via the City’s Supplier Portal no later than 12 o’clock noon ET on February 23, 2023 in the form specified in the RFP (the “Price Proposal Submission Date”).

Proposals must be submitted in conformance with the provisions of the RFP. Should the City execute a contract pursuant to the RFP, the City shall determine the term of the contract based on Vendor proposals. The term of the contract shall be for a period of not less than three years nor longer than four years. The contract term will commence on the first meter-read date following June 30, 2023, or as soon as possible thereafter, and will terminate no later than June 30, 2027.

The Official shall cancel the contract if funds are not appropriated in any fiscal year.

The award of any contract shall be subject to the approval of the City’s Corporation Counsel and the Mayor of Boston.

The City and the Official reserve the right to waive any defects, or informalities, to accept or reject any or all proposals, or any part or parts thereof, to negotiate a contract with any qualified Vendor, to invite the submission of additional Price Proposals subsequent to the Price Proposal Submission Date, or to cancel the RFP, if the City deems it to be in the best interests of the City so to do.