Requests for Proposals and Qualifications
Our approach to partnering
CEE's background
CEE is a mission-driven nonprofit with expertise in the energy efficiency industry. CEE seeks to contract with like-minded organizations, individuals, and firms who are committed to improving the local economy and strengthening the environment. This page includes all active requests for proposals to partner with us, ranging from market research to program implementation and other professional services.
Many of these opportunities will support CEE's statewide Market Transformation program to accelerate the adoption and availability of emerging energy efficiency technologies.
Our commitment to equity and inclusion
In our procurement practices, we strive to afford opportunities to businesses that are small or locally owned, woman-owned, veteran-owned, minority-owned, LGBTQ-owned, rurally located, or owned by a person with a disability or who belongs to any socially or economically marginalized community.
Requests for Proposal
Tribal Nations Grant Application
Through the Minnesota Advanced Energy Codes Partnership (MN AECP), Center for Energy and Environment (CEE) is providing Tribal Nations in Minnesota with technical assistance to adopt or update energy codes and support energy code compliance. We are currently working with several Tribal Nations to develop customized work scopes for technical assistance based on individual need for each jurisdiction. We have been awarded additional funding through the Minnesota State Competitiveness Fund to support Minnesota Tribal Nations’ work on energy codes through direct grant payments. These grants aim to ensure Tribal Nations have funds to support staff time spent on these efforts. CEE staff would provide technical support and energy code expertise in addition to grant funds.
Cost share funds will support the building and energy code work of Tribal Nations located within the borders of Minnesota. Strategies for both commercial and residential buildings will be considered. As part of the grant award, CEE will work with each Tribal Nation to create a custom scope of work for technical support to complement grant funds. Examples of technical support available from CEE include providing expertise on energy code development and adoption, energy code training for plan reviewers or building inspectors, and third-party energy code plan review for large commercial buildings, which CEE currently provides for several jurisdictions in Minnesota.