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Resolution to Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Enerdynamic, LLC dba Blanket Insulation Services for Weatherization Services Related to Bryant Neighborhood Decarbonization Work ($577,500.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and consideration is a Professional Services Agreement with Enerdynamic, LLC dba Blanket Insulation Services to complete weatherization services in homes within the Bryant neighborhood as part of the City's work to decarbonize the Bryant neighborhood in Ann Arbor.
As background, for over three (3) years, City staff have been working with the residents of the Bryant neighborhood and Community Action Network (CAN) to determine what it would look like to make Bryant one of the nation's most sustainable and resilient existing neighborhoods. Ideas emerging through these engagements have helped inform a scope of services and fundraising efforts by both the City and Community Action Network. This includes a recent grant the Office of Sustainability and Innovations won from the Michigan Public Service Commission (totaling $3.1 million) to implement solutions such as weatherization, flood remediation, appliance replacements, electrical upgrades, solar, and energy storage solutions in the Bryant neighborhood.
This funding from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) was explicitly focused on making improvements in up to 50 homes in the Bryant neighborhood. To prepare for this work, the City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP # 25-21: Sustainability and Energy-Related Improvements in the Bryant Neighborhood) in April 2025. Responses to the RFP were due on May 30, 2025. Given the complexity of the needed work in Bryant, the RFP requested that interested firms bid on at least one of six areas of service: weatherization services; mechanical contractor (HVAC) services; electrical contractor services; solar and battery energy storage contractor services; drainage, water, and sewer contractor services; and appliance replacemen...
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