Qualified Scheduling Entity Services

New Braunfels Utilities (“NBU”) is soliciting Request for Proposals (“RFPs”) from firms who provide Qualified Scheduling Entity (“QSE”) services (the “Services” or “QSE Services”). The requested QSE Services are intended to meet NBU’s requirements as set forth in Section II, Scope of Work, and as defined within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) Nodal Protocols. It is the intent of NBU to select a full-service QSE (the “selected QSE” or “successful respondent”) to register NBU as a Subordinate QSE.

The selected QSE will also manage the NBU Congestion Revenue Rights (“CRR”) account. NBU intends to manage all of its own energy supply acquisition, energy schedule management, and CRR bids, as well as provide the associated collateral for the bids. The selected QSE will manage acquisition of all ancillary services, communication and scheduling processes, as well as settlements for the NBU subordinate QSE. The selected QSE will place all bids and collateral registration in the NBU CRR account.

Project Details

• Reference ID: 26-0068
• Department: Power Supply
• Department Head: Kristina Villasana (Power Supply Manager)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-07-10T20:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Important Instructions for Electronic Submittal —

  The New Braunfels Utilities is accepting electronic bid submissions. Bidders shall create a FREE account with OpenGov Procurement by signing up at https://procurement.opengov.com/signup. Once you have completed account registration, browse back to this page, click on "Submit Response", and follow the instructions to submit the electronic bid.

• Scope of Work or Project Details —

  Please see Attachments

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through and confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements including the sections:

  1. General Conditions
  2. Special Provisions and Specifications
• Did you submit ALL information required in the evaluation criteria? (required)
• Do you agree to the terms and conditions in the attached sample contract? (required)
• If you have exceptions to the terms in the sample contract, attached a redlined version here.
• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here, which includes the following:

  1. Bid Summary
  2. Statement of Experience and Qualifications
  3. Non-Collusion Declaration
• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toNew Braunfels Utilities, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanFriday, July 17, 2026 addressed to:

  New Braunfels Utilities
  Justin Wehman
  355 FM 306
  New Braunfels,TX78130

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Qualified Scheduling Entity Services"), and Contract Number ("26-0068") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to New Braunfels Utilities so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.