Facility Rating Software

The Lansing Board of Water and Light (BWL) is issuing an RFP for a Facility Rating Software solution to support its Electric System Integrity (ESI) department. The software must calculate, document, and maintain bulk electric system (BES) asset details and thermal ratings to stay compliant with NERC FAC‑008 and to implement FERC Order 881 Ambient Adjusted Ratings (AAR). The award includes the software product, configuration, implementation, necessary integrations (excluding real‑time EMS linkage), user licensing, documentation, testing, training, and a minimum six‑month post‑go‑live support period. The project is expected to be completed within 12 months of contract award, with an implementation window of 6‑9 months and a 90‑day post‑go‑live support phase. BWL prefers vendors with experience integrating with Aspen Tech EMS/ADMS products. • Scope: Provide a configurable, on‑premise or cloud‑hosted rating application, data import from existing Excel spreadsheets, export of AAR tables for external use, and full technical documentation. • Not in scope: Real‑time integration with BWL EMS or weather‑driven rating updates. • Deliverables: Kick‑off meeting, project plan, weekly status reports, design documents, configured software, user licenses (3 primary, optional read‑only), test plan and results, training materials, production transition plan, and six‑month support. • Functional requirements: Asset database, rating calculations per IEEE/ANSI standards, version control, export capabilities, reporting for FAC‑008 compliance, and optional custom reports. • Technical requirements: Detailed security, encryption, SLA (99.9 % availability, RTO/RPO), authentication, and penetration‑testing documentation. • Timeline: RFP issued 9/22/2026, questions due 9/30/2026, submission deadline 10/13/2026, vendor selection ~1 month after, implementation 6‑9 months, post‑go‑live support 90 days.