Request For Information (RFI) to provide
Electric Utility Management Services
to the Long Island Power Authority

Introduction

The Long Island Power Authority (the "Authority") is requesting information and expressions of interest from potential service providers of electric utility management services and other interested parties. The Authority's transmission and distribution system on Long Island, New York, serves approximately 1.1 million customers. The Authority contracts for services in support of the day-to-day operation and management of its electric utility system. These services include, but are not limited to, transmission and distribution facility operation, planning, engineering, construction, customer service, meter reading, billing, collection, financial and operational reporting, along with associated support services.

The contract between the Authority and the current service provider expires December 31, 2013. The Authority has released the Request for Information ("RFI") in an effort to gather information to help the Authority assess its alternatives for contracting of future electric utility management services.

Purpose

The purpose of this RFI is to solicit input from potential service providers ("PSPs") in connection with the provision of Electric Utility Management Services to the Authority. Information gained from this RFI will be used to assess the terms, conditions, and other information of interest and/or concern to respondents, and to encourage the submission of high-quality proposals to provide Electric Utility Management Services in response to the forthcoming expiration of the Authority's current Management Services Agreement, as amended and restated (the "MSA").

The Authority will not award a contract on the basis of this RFI or pay for information solicited herein. Responses to this RFI will be treated as information only. Interested respondents are encouraged to respond in detail to this RFI, however failure to submit a response will not impact a respondent's ability to respond to a competitive bidding process for Electric Utility Management Services or influence the selection of a new service provider resulting there from.

Schedule

Preliminary Project Schedule
Activity
Target Date
    RFI Issued
      Oct. 13, 2009
    Notice of Intent to Respond Due
      Oct. 30, 2009
    Questions Related to RFI Due from PSPs no Later Than
      Nov. 6, 2009
    Answers to Questions Posted on RFI Web site no Later Than
      Nov. 27, 2009
    Responses to RFI Due from PSPs
      Dec. 11, 2009

Documents

A copy of the RFI can be downloaded below:

    Request for Information

Communications

General communications during the RFI period shall be submitted via e-mail to admin@lipa-msa-rfi.org. Examples of the types of correspondence that should be submitted via e-mail include:If interested parties have questions regarding the RFI, they should submit their questions via the Question & Answer portion of the Web site (see "Q & A" link above) by November 6, 2009. Parties must submit a registration as described below to gain access to this portion of the Web site. Questions will be posted anonymously and responses will be available to all registrants. The Authority plans to post responses no later than November 27, 2009.

Access to the Additional Documents and Question & Answers Sections

To gain access to the Additional Documents and Q&A sections, interest parties must submit a Web site registration request via the "Web site Registration" link above.

Once a registration request is submitted, the Authority will issue a username and password via e-mail. This may take up to two business days. Once you receive your user name and password, you will be able to "log-in" to access these sections of the Web site. All registered parties will have access to the same information on the RFI Web site.

If you have questions about this process or problems gaining access once you have submitted your registration and received your username and password, please send an e-mail to admin@lipa-msa-rfi.org.

Notice of Intent to Respond to RFI

All potential respondents are strongly encouraged to provide a Notice of Intent to Respond to the RFI via e-mail to admin@lipa-msa-rfi.org by 5 pm, Eastern Time on October 30, 2009. Such notices should contain the proposed respondent's:This notice is for administrative purposes only and is intended to facilitate proper communications between the Authority and respondents. While timely submittal of a Notice of Intent to Respond to the RFI is strongly encouraged, such notice is not a prerequisite to submitting a response to this RFI. Interested parties may submit responses to this RFI even if they have not submitted a Notice of Intent to Respond.

Submission of Responses to the RFI

Responses to this RFI are due by 3 PM, EDT, on Friday, December 11, 2009. Two (2) hard copies of the respondent's response must be delivered to the following address:
One hard copy plus an electronic copy (on CD) of your response should also be delivered by the above deadline to: