Provision of Renewable Electricity Supply to United Nations Headquarters in New York

Item Description:

The United Nations Procurement Division (UNPD) seeks Expressions of Interest (EOI) from qualified retail electricity suppliers for the supply of all electricity supply commodity components to the United Nations Headquarters in the Consolidated Edison (ConEd) New York service territory with the intention of prequalifying suppliers for a later solicitation.

Suppliers who are successful in this EOI/prequalification exercise (see Specific Requirements below) will be invited to participate in the upcoming solicitation (ITB) for the provision of renewable electricity supply at UNHQ in NY. The ITB shall be hosted on the United Nation’s e-tendering platform called Ariba.

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS:

It is envisaged that the successful supplier will supply the full requirements of such electricity for the entire contract term. All quantities required to be supplied to the UN facilities shall be considered firm requirements (‘firm’ means electricity supply that will not be interrupted unless such interruption is due to Force Majeure) for delivery by the supplier to the Delivery Point.

The following is a list of service locations to be included in the upcoming solicitation with estimated annual usage totals of 34,940,000 kWh (estimated annual kWh usage based on 2025/2026):

• UNITAR (345 E 45 ST ENT): Annual usage 75,000 kWh
• Albano Building (305 E 46 ST ENTM): Annual usage 2,200,000 kWh
• Main Campus (425 E 42 ST ENT): Annual usage 32,500,000 kWh
• UNITAR (343 E 45 ST STOR ): Annual usage 165,000 kWh

During the upcoming solicitation, suppliers will be requested to submit proposals for Product 1. The pricing in response to the solicitation shall incorporate the following components:

<Product 1: Fixed with RES/CES, ZECs, PPT, and TOTs, Ancillaries and GRT passed through PLUS 100% RECs>

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