The California Air Resources Board (ARB), in collaboration with the WCI Partner jurisdictions working on the cap-and-trade program, has released three Requests for Proposal (RFPs) to solicit proposals to provide cap-and-trade services:

• RFP # 10-108 - Auction and Reserve Sale Operator
• RFP # 10-109 - Financial Services for Auction and Reserve Sale
• RFP # 10-111 - Independent Market Monitor

In addition, ARB has released a fourth RFP to provide training to agency staff on monitoring markets (RFP # 10-110 - Market Monitor Trainer).

A bidders' conference to discuss all four RFPs will be held at 9:00 a.m. PDT on Tuesday, September 20, 2011 in Conference Room 550 at the California Environmental Protection Agency (1001 I Street, Sacramento, California 95814).  To attend by phone, dial 1-877-779-7420 (international callers should dial 1-312-470-0189) and enter passcode 55434.

Additional information on the process for a company to be able to do business with the State of California is available at: http://www.documents.dgs.ca.gov/pd/events/Howtodobusbrochure.pdf.

Successful bidders will have to be registered with the California Secretary of State or appropriate State jurisdiction prior to the date of awarding a contract.

More information on the process of registering with the California Secretary of State and the time required to register is available at the following links: 

• http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/corp/pdf/foreign/corp-s&dcgen.pdf
• http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/preclearance-expedited-services.htm
• http://www.sos.ca.gov/business/be/processing-times.htm