# Hanover Town Civicplus #20

Hanover seeks solar, battery-storage, and electrification installer partners

**Posted:** September 30, 2026
**Identifier:** 20
**NAICS:** 238210, 221114, 238220, 238290, 541330, 541690, 541810

The Town of Hanover is seeking installer partners for Sustainable Hanover’s Solarize Hanover 3.0 campaign to expand local solar power and battery-storage resilience.
- **Buyer:** Town of Hanover, on behalf of Sustainable Hanover.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No equipment manufacturers, OEMs, or contractor vendors are named. The solicitation is open to qualified contractors.
- **Requested products:** Solar energy systems, battery-storage systems, and optional electrification equipment. No brands, part numbers, or quantities are specified.
  - Additional equipment offerings may include heat pumps, window heat pumps, domestic hot-water heat pumps, portable solar, EV chargers, electrical-service upgrades, smart panels, and vehicle-to-home technology.
- **Requested services:** Free site assessments; system design and financial analysis; permitting and utility interconnection; turnkey installation; financing options; customer service; community education and promotional outreach; and monthly reporting. Contractors should describe any additional electrification, demand-management, and vehicle-to-home services.
- **Campaign objective:** Double installed local solar capacity from 7.5 MW to 15 MW and increase battery-storage resilience.
- **Key qualifications:** At least five years of solar and/or battery experience, knowledge of incentives and rebates, New Hampshire licensure, and NABCEP-certified staff. Contractors must also meet insurance and indemnification requirements and have no unresolved consumer-protection actions.
- **Customer and installation expectations:** 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 requirements:** Workers’ compensation and employers’ liability of $500,000; commercial auto liability of $1,000,000; general liability of $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 aggregate; and umbrella/excess liability of $1,000,000. The Town of Hanover must be named as an additional insured.
- **Phase I duration:** A one-year campaign phase; the contract term and any options are not specified.

### Description

Sustainable Hanover seeks to double local solar generation capacity and increase resiliency through battery storage by the end of 2030. This RFP invites qualified solar, battery, and electrification contractors to serve as installer partners for Phase I of the Solarize Hanover 3.0 campaign. Qualifications include at least five years of solar and/or battery experience, knowledge of incentive and rebate opportunities, New Hampshire licensing, NABCEP-certified staff, required indemnification and insurance coverage, and no unresolved consumer protection actions.

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