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School Districts

UNLEASHING THE POWER OF DATA STANDARDIZATION

School Districts

The DOE Orange Button collaboration group has offered to work with any school interested in modernizing their procurement and contract administration by transitioning to digital for reducing project costs and enabling innovation, and to work with contractors and developers to learn about and leverage the efficiency of digital for easier access to surety credit.


School districts interact with various stakeholders in the procurement and administration of construction projects and are also subject to regulatory reporting and compliance.  IT systems will often include the district accounting and administration, state and federal regulatory as well as various third party consultants that act as school representatives.


Streaming the processing and administration of project data not only saves schools districts directly, there are also savings for the contractors and supply chain that can result in lower contract costs.


Savings can also be realized with more effective risk management with predicative analytics to mitigate potential contract defaults. 


School districts that are interested in participating simply offer to host Concept Proposals and respondents submit concept proposals following the Concept Proposal Bid Response Format.  


School district engagement will result in viable concept energy proposals that can help reduce energy costs while providing resiliency, and possibly used to secure state or federal funding if the school district was interested in pursuing.


Steps for Participation

School District expresses interest in participating as a host for concept proposals, and as a stakeholder in the construction digital ecosystem.   Other than being digital with data interoperability there are no changes to systems, process or administration of projects.


School District meets with prospective responders to collaborate on the development of concept proposals.


School District engages their customary procurement system providers and facilities team to explore how the district procurement system can transition to and leverage data interoperability in the procurement process.


School District engages their customary contract management system provider and facilities team to explore how the district procurement system can transition to and leverage data interoperability in the contract administration process.

  

School District accepts concept proposals for review and evaluation.


Next steps are determined, including possibly looking for grant funds to cover some or all of the project costs.


Grant Requests 

There are a number of federal and state grant opportunities that might provide some or all of funding required.  


The concept proposal could be utilized for a grant proposal.


School Districts Receive Data From

  1. Utility
  2. Authority Having Jurisdiction – Permit data
  3. Contractors
  4. Contractors project software 
  5. Contractors surety bond
  6. Contractors insurance
  7. Monthly Construction Progress Payment
  8. Solar System Monthly Operating Report


School Districts Send Data To 

  1. Procurement websites
  2. Utility
  3. Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) – Permit data
  4. Contractors
  5. Contractors project software 
  6. Internal accounting and other internal units
  7. State reporting
  8. Federal reporting
  9. Contractors surety


Data Sets Utilized

  1. OBF Application and loan data set
  2. PG&E SGIP Incentive Program
  3. Permit Data Set – SolarApp option
  4. Solar contractor company profile data set
  5. Construction contract data set
  6. Project component data set
  7. Surety bond data set – used for both utility payment bond and solar contractor P&P bonds.
  8. Insurance policy
  9. Monthly Construction Progress Payment
  10. Solar System Monthly Operating Report


More Information

PG&E Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP) 

  

PG&E On-Bill Financing - Customer and Contractor Handbook


Concept Proposal Bid Response Format


Contacts 

Orange Button Collaboration Group


K. Dixon Wright

Surety Resource Connection

Dixon@Surety-RC.com


Al Gaspari

Principal - Customer Resiliency Programs

Pacific Gas and Electric

A3G1@pge.com


Procurement requirements for School Districts

Public Contract Code (PCC) Section 20111(a) requires school district governing boards to competitively bid and award any contracts involving an expenditure of more than $50,000, adjusted for inflation, to the lowest responsible bidder. 


Annual Adjustment to Bid Threshold for Contracts Awarded by School Districts

Pursuant to the above calculation, and effective January 1, 2021, the SSPI has determined that the inflation adjusted bid threshold will increase to $96,700. 



2018 San Diego County Counsel’s Office

Guide to Bidding and Contracting for School Districts and Community College Districts


2016 Orange County Superintendent of Schools

Competitive Bidding and Public Contracting Workbook


Procurement websites

The state maintains Cal eProcure for posting state projects out to bid




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