Statewide Operations Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Services

OGS is seeking a contractor to support the preparation of a greenhouse gas (“GHG”) inventory of State Government operations for New York State Executive Agencies (“Inventory”). The Consultant will provide quality assurance and ensure the GHG accounting and reporting process produces a reliable and comprehensive statewide emissions inventory that follows best practices. OGS has identified the ICLEI’s Local Government Operations (LGO) Protocol as the preferred methodology, completed preliminary collection and cleaning of data from some State centralized systems utilized by Executive Agencies, and built a draft emission calculation tool. OGS expects the project to be completed in 6-8 months. The scope of work should be organized into the specific tasks below: 1. Project Management · Work plan and Schedule (Gantt Chart) · Draft and Final Work Plan · Monthly Invoices and Progress Reports · Meeting agendas, minutes and presentation materials. · Project Kick-off Meeting · Regular bi-weekly progress meetings · Additional staff or stakeholder meetings as required 2. Statewide Operations Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory · Draft and Finalize Statewide Operations GHG Emissions Inventory · Develop memoranda summarizing findings, methodology, and other relevant observations · Provide Agency-specific reports with information on GHG emissions findings, process, and methodology · Produce materials needed for report-outs to working groups, including presentations and reports · Attend supplemental core team meetings as needed to discuss data collection and review findings · Attend additional meetings as needed with other stakeholders to review findings and collect feedback 3. Data Management Architecture · Data warehouse (raw data storage) · Data lake (cleaned data storage) · File storage system (cloud-based or server-based) · Templates and guides for storing data and compiling for GHG emissions inventories · Draft and final data management memorandum · Register of all data collected · Attend supplemental core team meetings as needed to discuss data management architecture and confirm resources · Attend supplemental meetings with IT or other internal enterprise groups as needed to support build-out around data management architecture Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) SDVOB Goal: 0.00% Minority / Women Business Enterprise contracting goals (MWBE) MBE Goal: 0.00% WBE Goal: 0.00% Disadvantaged Business Enterprise contracting goals (DBE) DBE Goal: 0.00%