This RFQ seeks to create a pool of qualified local contractors capable of delivering energy-efficiency and electrification projects for the City of Berkeley’s Just Transition Pilot Program, for which Rebuilding Together East Bay Network (RTEBN) is the implementation partner. The goals of the City of Berkeley Just Transition Pilot Program are:

• Expand high-road workforce opportunities in the low-rise residential building sector by aggregating projects and/or buildings.

• Advance economic opportunities for residential building electrification contractors and workers, particularly Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) and women contractors and BIPOC and women workers, by creating high-road job labor standards, trainings, and inclusive recruitment pathways.

• Improve occupant health, comfort and energy affordability for low-to-moderate income (at or below 120% AMI) Berkeley residents with high quality installations of efficient electrification measures in homes; and

• Reduce community-wide greenhouse gas emissions by converting residential gas systems to clean electricity.

Contractors with proven expertise in one or more target technologies — including heat pumps, electric, panel upgrades, windows/weatherization, and solar/solar storage — are eligible. Licensing, insurance, and compliance requirements listed in the RFQ must be met.

Underserved Homeowners include: Elderly homeowners, low-to-moderate income households, with a preference for very low-income households, residents of government-subsidized housing section