GSA Announces Procurement Opportunity For Tribal Businesses To Help Advance Clean Energy Goals

The IEPP, which allows agencies to give preference to Tribes when buying energy products or byproducts, was established by the Energy Policy Act of 2005, but had not been used by the federal government before this procurement.  

The solicitation seeks quotes for up to approximately 47,500 MWh of unbundled EACs from generation resources that qualify as CFE with a preference for those submitted by Tribal majority-owned business organizations. One EAC is equivalent to 1 MWh of clean energy production. Transitioning to 100% CFE will advance the Administration’s federal sustainability goals, catalyze America’s clean energy industries and jobs, and build healthier communities. 

For this solicitation, EACs must have been generated between April 1, 2023, and Dec. 31, 2024, from generation sources put in service on or after Oct. 1, 2021. The electricity associated with the EACs must have been delivered to one of the balancing authorities (i.e., grid regions) identified in the solicitation. The EACs will be procured independently from physical power (unbundled).

Responses to the GSA solicitation are due June 24, 2024, at 4 p.m. ET and the solicitation is expected to be awarded in July.