Hanover Town Civicplus #20

Hanover seeks solar, battery-storage, and electrification campaign contractors

The Town of Hanover is seeking contractor partners to deliver solar, battery-storage, and electrification services through Solarize Hanover 3.0. - Government buyer: Town of Hanover, on behalf of Sustainable Hanover; issued through the Town for the Sustainable Hanover initiative. - Opportunity: Phase I installer partnership for a community campaign intended to expand local solar generation and battery-storage resilience. The broader goal is to increase installed solar capacity from 7.5 MW to 15 MW by 2030. - OEMs and vendors: No manufacturers, OEMs, or individual vendors are named in the solicitation; contractors may propose suitable equipment. - Requested products: Solar energy systems and battery-storage systems, plus optional heat pumps, window heat pumps, domestic hot-water heat pumps, portable solar, EV chargers, electrical-service upgrades, smart panels, demand-management solutions, and vehicle-to-home technology. No part numbers or quantities are specified. - Core services: Free site assessments; system design and financial analysis; permitting and utility interconnection; turnkey installation; financing options; community education and promotional outreach; and monthly reporting. - Contractor qualifications: At least five years of solar and/or battery experience, New Hampshire licensure, staff with NABCEP certification, knowledge of incentives and rebates, and required insurance and indemnification. Contractors must have no unresolved consumer-protection actions. - Customer protections: Provide written production estimates, avoid high-pressure sales, guarantee pricing for 30 days, use a transparent change-order process, and clearly define warranty responsibilities. - Insurance: Statutory workers’ compensation and $500,000 employers’ liability; $1,000,000 commercial auto liability; commercial general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate; and $1,000,000 commercial umbrella/excess liability. The Town of Hanover must be named as an additional insured. - Evaluation considerations: Experience and financial stability, references, equipment quality, customer service, financing and pricing, outreach approach, and local workforce.

Description

The Town of Hanover, on behalf of Sustainable Hanover, seeks qualified solar, battery, and electrification contractors as installer partners for Phase I of the Solarize Hanover 3.0 campaign. Contractors will provide services including site assessments, system design and financial analysis, permitting and utility interconnection, turnkey installation, financing options, community education, and monthly reporting. Additional services may include heat pumps, EV chargers, electrical upgrades, smart panels, demand management, and vehicle-to-home technology. The campaign aims to increase local solar generation and battery storage, with proposals evaluated on experience, references, equipment, customer service, financing and price, outreach, and local workforce.

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