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Port of Long Beach SWIFT Clean Marine Port Incentive Program – Zero-Emission Equipment and Services

This opportunity from the Port of Long Beach supports the transition to low- and zero-emission operations at port facilities through the SWIFT Clean Marine Port Incentive Program. - Government Buyer: - Port of Long Beach (City of Long Beach, Board of Harbor Commissioners, Long Beach Harbor Department) - OEMs and Vendors: - No specific OEMs are named; the program is open to all qualified manufacturers and vendors of zero-emission cargo handling equipment, charging equipment, harbor craft, and locomotives. - Products/Services Requested: - Zero-Emission Cargo Handling Equipment (CHE): - Human-operated and maintained CHE such as heavy-duty forklifts, top handlers, side handlers, reach stackers, yard tractors, rubber tired gantry cranes, and rail cone carts - Technologies: battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, or grid-connected - Battery-Electric CHE Charging Equipment: - Level 2 and Level 3 chargers, including inductive chargers, UL listed or NRTL certified - Commercial Harbor Craft: - Assist tugboats, articulated tug barges, barges, crew/supply boats, excursion vessels, ferry vessels, ocean tugboats, pilot boats, work boats - Technologies: battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, or hybrid zero-emission - Zero-Emission Locomotives: - Line-haul, switcher/yard service, and short-haul locomotives - Technologies: battery-electric, hydrogen fuel cell, or hydrogen fuel cell-battery hybrid - Services: - Repowering, replacing, or retrofitting propulsion engines in eligible commercial harbor craft and new zero-emission-capable harbor craft - Unique or Notable Requirements: - All zero-emission CHE must be human-operated and maintained - Equipment must be UL listed or certified by a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory - Maximum incentive per proposer is $8 million, with specific caps per equipment type - Projects must be completed by the end of 2027, with final payment contingent on commissioning and operational deployment - Open to a wide range of vendors and OEMs; proposals must be submitted electronically via PlanetBids - Place of Performance: - Port of Long Beach (primary) - Port of Los Angeles (also eligible for some activities) - Estimated Contract Value: - Total program funding is $58 million, with individual awards up to $8 million per proposer

Description

The SWIFT Clean Marine Port Incentive Program, funded by a $58 million grant from the California State Transportation Agency, offers financial incentives to container terminals, non-container terminals, and other tenants at the Port of Long Beach to accelerate their transition to low- and zero-emission operations. The program supports projects including the purchase of zero-emission Cargo Handling Equipment (CHE) and charging equipment, repower or retrofit of propulsion engines in commercial harbor craft and new zero-emission-capable harbor craft, and purchase of zero-emission locomotives. All zero-emission CHE must be human-operated and maintained. Proposals are to be submitted electronically via the Port's PlanetBids portal by May 1, 2026.

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