Title
SEAP+ Implementation Consulting Services
Action
Action:
A. Authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute contracts for on-call sustainability-focused professional consulting services for a term of three years with the following:
* Blue Strike Environmental, Inc.,
* CleanAIRE NC,
* Key Environmental Consulting (MBE),
* Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc.,
* SchermCo,
* White Label Management Group, LLC (MBE), and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contracts for up to one, two-year term with possible price adjustments and to amend the contracts consistent with the purpose for which the contracts were approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Heather Bolick, Office of Sustainability and Resilience
Robyn Byers, Office of Sustainability and Resilience
Explanation
* The Strategic Energy Action Plan Plus (SEAP+) is the city's comprehensive framework designed to guide Charlotte toward a net-zero carbon future and an update to the original 2018 SEAP. This strategic plan establishes buildings, energy generation, transportation, and cross-sectional as focus areas for the greatest impact.
* These contracts will assist the Office of Sustainability and Resilience (OSR) in implementing the city's Strategic Energy Action Plan (SEAP+) goals.
* Consulting services will be used for SEAP+ program management and implementation for various business categories including focus area support, general sustainability, and workforce development.
* On October 22, 2025, the city issued a Request for Proposals (RFP); fourteen responses were received.
* The selected companies best meet the city's needs in terms of qualifications, experience, cost, and responsiveness to RFP requirements.
* At renewal, potential price adjustments may be considered based on legitimate and justified increases in the cost of doing business. The ability to consider price adjustments also allows the city to accept decreases, if warranted.
* Annual aggregate expenditures are estimated to be $200,000.
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