Thurston County is seeking qualified HVAC and plumbing contractors for the 2025 Energize Thurston heat pump group purchase campaign in collaboration with South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity and the cities of Lacey, Olympia, Tumwater, and Tenino. Energize Thurston builds on the successful Energize Olympia program, expanding its benefits to provide installations of heat pump space conditioning and heat pump water heaters (HPWH) for residents throughout the County. Our goals for the program are to educate at least 600 residents on the benefits of heat pumps via our community workshop series, and complete at least 170 heat pump installations and at least 120 HPWH installations. These totals will be divided between subsidized installations for low- to moderate-income households (administered by Habitat for Humanity) and self-funded installations available to any household.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) and Addendum 1 can be found at the link below under “RFP_Energize Thurston 2025 Heat Pump and HPWH Installation Services”:

https://www.thurstoncountywa.gov/ContractOpportunities

All contractors who meet the minimum qualifications as listed in RFP-Addendum 1 are invited to apply for this opportunity. We encourage applications from women, disabled, minority, and veteran-owned businesses.

The deadline for submission of proposals is January 10, 2025 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time (PDT). Proposals shall be submitted to Rebecca Harvey, RFP Coordinator, at rebecca.harvey@co.thurston.wa.us. Only emailed submissions will be accepted.

We will be hosting an optional Pre-Proposal Webinar on December 11, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. PST to inform potential proposers about the Energize Thurston campaign and answer questions about the proposal process. A webinar link can be found in the RFP (section 3.2).

All pre-proposal inquiries (PPIs) regarding this RFP shall be directed to the RFP Coordinator via e-mail at rebecca.harvey@co.thurston.wa.us. All PPIs must clearly identify the name of the inquiring company or person and the RFP number, title, and section/page number. Questions via telephone will not be accepted. All questions to this proposal must be sent to the RFP Coordinator via email by December 18, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. PDT. Questions received after this date may not be answered. All questions will be answered via an addendum posted on the Thurston County website.