Please provide a short letter describing your firm’s qualifications and experience that addresses each of the following requirements:

• Describe the consultant firm’s primary business, length of time in business, location of office(s) and contact information.
• List relevant project experience for the specified technology/ies, work areas and associated tasks described in the “Description of Possible Contract Tasks” section that consultant is proposing to perform. Provide dates and describe the nature and scope of the work consultant performed. Please summarize your firm’s security experience used in handling confidential client and project information or data.
• Provide information about the location of key personnel. When possible, Energy Trust prefers to use contractors who are in the Pacific Northwest and can minimize travel expenses.
• Provide contact information for three references regarding your relevant project experience, especially projects in and around the Pacific Northwest.
• Provide specific examples of activities, projects or plans worked on or developed during the past 36 months that demonstrate how respondent promoted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within respondent’s company in the areas of (1) recruitment, hiring, retention and promotion, (2) training and professional development, and (3) respondent’s company operations and strategy.

Provide attached information about the following:

• One or more examples of reports, portions of reports, or other relevant work or products respondent has produced that supports your relevant project experience or include internet links to relevant published information by respondent.
• Short biographies or resumes, including relevant licenses, certifications and training, of key staff that would be assigned to the types of tasks described in this RFQ and provide information regarding their availability.
• Rates and pricing for all proposed work; include hourly billing rates for key staff members. Energy Trust is interested in time and materials pricing for key staff members as well as alternative price structures respondent wishes to propose.

Energy Trust requires its contractors to maintain, at a minimum, workers compensation and adequate and reasonable liability insurance coverage for the type of consulting services provided, such as commercial general liability, automobile liability, and/or professional liability. Describe respondent’s insurance coverage relevant to the type of consulting services proposed in respondent’s submission.