Pre-Bid Webinar for Room Heat Pumps MTI Implementation

November 21, 2025

CalMTA seeks qualified contractors or teams to implement the Room Heat Pumps Market Transformation Initiative (MTI). CalMTA staff conducted a virtual pre-bid webinar to provide an overview of the Request for Proposal (RFP), scope of work, and the submission process, and to allow participants to ask questions to help them determine their interest in pursuing this opportunity.

Video and audio was disabled for all participants, and names were not visible to other attendees. Written questions could be submitted anonymously via the Zoom Q&A function during the webinar. Following the webinar, CalMTA will post a summary of questions and answers on the CalMTA RFP Portal. Contact Taqua Ammar at [email protected] with any questions.

This webinar was held Dec. 11 at 12:00 p.m. PST.

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