Neighborhood Heating Decarbonization Planning and Implementation

The City of Ann Arbor is seeking a professional firm to develop heating decarbonization plans for four to five micro-neighborhoods, support implementation in three to five neighborhoods, and provide expert-witness support for a future DTE Gas rate case.

City of Ann Arbor > Office of Sustainability and Innovations > Procurement Unit


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26-49
Oct 21, 2026 06:00 PM
Sep 23, 2026 07:14 PM
$125,000.00
1 year base + 1 × 6 months option
Request for Proposal (RFP)
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mstults@a2gov.org
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City of Ann Arbor c/o Customer Service, 301 East Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Description

The City of Ann Arbor is seeking a qualified professional firm to create neighborhood-specific heating decarbonization plans for four to five micro-neighborhoods and support implementation in three to five of them. The work includes technical and economic analysis of fossil-gas infrastructure, electric-grid capacity and peak-load impacts, avoided infrastructure costs, household bill impacts, and the value proposition of decarbonization. The firm must evaluate solutions including cold-climate air-source heat pumps, individual geothermal systems, and networked geothermal, and develop decision criteria, neighborhood strategies, and transition workplans. The selected firm will provide approximately four hours per week of implementation support, including economic modeling, resident-specific utility-bill analysis, research, and program or policy recommendations. It will also serve as an expert witness in a future DTE Gas rate case concerning neighborhood decarbonization and non-pipeline alternatives, and participate in biweekly meetings with the City's Office of Sustainability and Innovations. The allocated funding is $125,000, and all work must be completed within 12 to 18 months of contracting.

Classification Codes
NAICS541620Environmental Consulting Services
PSCB543Energy Studies
Smart Codes
heating decarbonization planningenergy systems analysisutility rate case consulting
Specifications
Service Only
Timeline
Sep 23, 2026 07:14 PM-Publication
Oct 06, 2026 04:00 PM-Pre-Proposal Meeting (optional)
Microsoft Teams link stated in the solicitation; the URL is not provided.
Oct 08, 2026 02:00 PM-Questions Due
Oct 21, 2026 06:00 PM-Proposal Due Date
Requirements
Required
  • Professional Liability or Errors and Omissions — $1,000,000.00
  • Commercial General Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Workers Compensation
  • Employers Liability — $500,000.00
  • Motor Vehicle Liability — $1,000,000.00
  • Umbrella/Excess Liability — $1,000,000.00
Scored
  • Minimum 3 references
  • Client point of contact required for each reference
Documents
TitleDate Posted
RFP Document.pdfSep 23, 2026 07:09 PM
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