In an effort to reduce utility costs while improving environmental sustainability within the community, the City of Bellaire (City) is seeking proposals from interested Vendors that are capable of designing, permitting, procuring, installing, commissioning, and maintaining a behind the meter solar photovoltaic (PV) project on the rooftop of its City Hall Building located at 7008 South Rice Avenue, Bellaire, TX. 77401. Vendors may identify errors, omissions, or ambiguities in the RFP. If so, or if there are doubts or concerns about the meaning of any part of this RFP, requests for clarification should be submitted in writing by email to Karl Miller, Director of Parks, Recreation, and Facilities, at kmiller@bellairetx.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on Wednesday, January 24, 2024.Emailed requests for clarification must include RFP No. 24-002 in the email subject line. Through the RFP process, the City intends to select only one Vendor for the solar project and will evaluate each proposal based on the completeness of required RFP responses, commercial attractiveness, technical criteria and qualifications, reference checks, and other information that will be gathered independently. The City will not reimburse the responding firms for any expenses incurred in preparing proposals, clarification of a response, and/or oral presentations, which may be, at its discretion, required by the City. During the evaluation process, the City reserves the right, where it may serve the Citys best interest, to request additional information or clarifications from Vendors or to allow corrections of errors or omissions. At the discretion of the City, firms submitting proposals may be requested to make oral presentations as part of the evaluation process. The City reserves the right to negotiate all elements of the proposal to ensure that the best possible consideration is afforded to all. The City also reserves the right to retain all proposals submitted and to use any ideas in a proposal regardless of whether that proposal is selected.