Clear answer
Clear answer, explained.
Rooftop solar projects are typically issued as Requests for Proposal (RFPs), Requests for Qualification (RFQs), or design-build tenders. This ensures fairness, value for money, technical compliance, and accountability, whether the project is capital-funded or delivered under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA).
Key points
What this means in practice.
- Public procurement laws require open and competitive tendering
- Projects are issued as
- RFPs, RFQs, or design-build tenders
- Technical, financial, and compliance criteria are evaluated
- PPAs and
- EPC contracts both follow formal procurement pathways
When this applies
Best-fit environments.
- Federal, provincial, and municipal solar projects
- Schools, hospitals, civic buildings, and infrastructure assets
- Capital-funded installations and third-party financed
- Portfolio and multi-site solar programs
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