Request for Proposals
CalMTA seeks qualified contractors or teams of contractors to provide implementation services for the Room Heat Pumps Market Transformation Initiative (MTI). This MTI is designed to accelerate adoption of room heat pumps (RHPs) to provide efficient heating and cooling in existing small, single-family, and multifamily households. Implementation activities will support intervention strategies that remove market barriers and leverage market opportunities to position room heat pumps as the preferred heating and cooling solution in California’s multifamily and smaller single-family homes.
This MTI was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Nov. 20. The initial contract term for this MTI is three years with an implementation budget not-to-exceed $2.13M for the first year.
Through this RFP, CalMTA seeks to select one or more contractors to implement the following scopes of work:
This zip file contains the RFP and the following attachments, required resources for completing your proposal:
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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. This webinar was held Dec. 11 at 12:00 p.m. PST.
Key Dates
| Activity | Date |
|---|---|
| RFP release date | Dec. 4, 2025 |
| Pre-bid webinar | Dec. 11, 2025 |
| Intent to Bid form due | Prior to proposal submission |
| Q&A period closes | Jan. 9, 2026, 5pm PST |
| RFP proposals due | Jan. 30, 2026, 6pm PST |
| Bidder presentations/demos | Week of Feb. 16, 2026 |
| Bidder selection | February 2026 |
| Contract negotiations | 1st quarter 2026 |
| MTI implementation launch | 1st-2nd quarter 2026 |
Submission Process
All bidder communication and proposal submissions will occur through CalMTA’s web-based RFP Portal. Please follow these steps to bid.
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