Conduct a public hearing in accordance with California Government Code, section 4217.12 for your Board to determine that the terms of the Master Fuel Cell Power Purchase Agreement (in Recommended Action No. 4), and each System Order Agreement with Bloom Development, Inc. (in Recommended Action No. 5), are in the best interests of the County, and to find that the anticipated costs to the County for electrical energy or conservation services to be provided by the solid oxide fuel cell systems under each of the proposed System Orders, respectively, will be less than the County’s anticipated marginal costs for the purchase of such energy and conservation services in the absence of each proposed System Order, respectively; Adopt and authorize the Chairman to execute Resolution making the determinations and findings as described in Recommended Action No. 1 (California Government Code, section 4217.12); Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a suspension of competition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, as Bloom Development, Inc. is the only vendor with access to their proprietary formulation and software for their solid oxide fuel cell systems, which offers the County a uniquely power-dense clean energy solution; Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the Master Fuel Cell Power Purchase Agreement-General Terms and Conditions with Bloom Development, Inc. to provide general terms and conditions for the installation, operation, and maintenance of solid oxide fuel cell systems and recommended System Order Agreements (in Recommended Action No. 5), with an initial 20-year term and unlimited optional one-year renewals; Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute the System Order Agreements with Bloom Development, Inc. for the design, engineering, permitting, procurement, construction, installation, start-up, testing, and commissioning of solid oxide fuel cell systems, allowing the County to purchase energy at specified rates for each of the Fresno County Sheriff Office Jail and Plaza Building, effective upon execution for an initial 20-year term and unlimited optional one-year renewals; and Authorize the Director of General Services, or their designee, to approve and execute: a. All interconnection applications and agreements required by the local utility company to operate the solid oxide fuel cell systems; b. Contract change orders, not to exceed a $0.01 per kilowatt hour increase in the specified base rates detailed in the System Orders; and c. Any agreements, consents, waivers, incumbency, estoppel, or similar certificates, recordable real estate property rights, and any related documents, all subject to approval by County Counsel as to legal form and Auditor-Controller/Treasurer-Tax Collector as to accounting form, necessary to finalize and execute the recommended Agreements, including any financing that Bloom Development, Inc. might later obtain in relation to such Agreements

Agenda Item Morning Session Introduced May 29, 2025

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Held by: Bloom Development, Inc
Runs until: May 29, 2045 19 years away calculated from the contract term stated in the record
Type: rfp
Field: Professional services

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Committee: General Services
Requested by: General Services
Introduced: May 29, 2025
On agenda: December 9, 2025
Passed: December 9, 2025
Enactment no.: Resolution No. 25-377, Agreement No. 25-648, Agreement No. 25-649, Agreement No. 25-650