EXTRA-72114 - USA (Boston, Massachusetts) - Grid Consultant Services - Deadline July 31,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide grid consultant services to the government authority located in Boston, MA.• Provide consultant or consultant team to lead an initiative focused on increasing equitable access to dispatchable distributed energy resources and participation in grid services.• The work also supports the Commonwealth’s energy access and affordability goals, including the Healey‑Driscoll Administration’s target of 3.5 GW of new load management strategies outlined in the March 2026 Executive Order.2• Design and implement two community–centered pilots that expand access to dispatchable DERs and ConnectedSolutions+ for renters and low– and moderate–income residents in historically underserved, burdened, or environmental justice communities, launching by Spring/Summer 2027 with a one–year operation• Generating actionable learnings and recommendations that support the future expansion of access to dispatchable DERs and participation in both system‑wide and local grid services for renters and low– and moderate–income residents who live in historically underserved, burdened, or environmental justice communities• Collaboration will focus both on advancing the immediate project scope and on building shared understanding of ecosystem needs, emerging challenges, and best practices drawn from this work and related efforts outside this initiative• Throughout the project, there will be regular coordination meetings (at least bi–weekly, sometimes weekly) to facilitate information sharing and alignment across partners• The Consultant will be responsible for preparing agendas, facilitating these meetings, taking notes, identifying follow–up actions, and ensuring that key insights and learnings are documented and incorporated into project deliverables, including the final report• Prepare meeting notes from each project team meeting with identified follow–up actions.• Finalize pilot work plan: Building on existing research and incorporating feedback from communities and Project Partners, finalize a work plan with confirmed technology selection, participation selection approach, data collection plan, and a pilot implementation timeline.(2) The contract period will be for one year.(3) All the questions must be submitted no later than July 10, 2026