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Presentation, discussion, and possible action on the selection of International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology to administer the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program in Travis, Hays, Comal, Guadalupe, and Bexar counties
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
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WHEREAS, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (the Department) administers the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) in Texas through a network of 21 subgrantees using U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) WAP funds;
WHEREAS, on November 15, 2021, the President of the United States signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (i.e., Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL)) into law which provided the Department with an additional $173 million in DOE weatherization funding;
WHEREAS, on December 9, 2021, the Board authorized staff to procure a statewide/regional multifamily BIL DOE WAP provider to assist the current WAP subgrantee network in providing weatherization assistance throughout Texas to assist in effectively expending and utilizing the funding allocated to Texas in the BIL;
WHEREAS, on August 16, 2023, Department staff released a Request for Applications (RFA) seeking qualified organizations to submit an application to administer BIL DOE WAP in the state of Texas;
WHEREAS, International Center for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology (ICAST) was the only qualified applicant to respond to the RFA and they were approved for an award by the Board on December 7, 2023, to administer BIL DOE WAP in El Paso and Hudspeth counties;
WHEREAS, because the Department did not receive a sufficient number of applications from qualified organizations to administer BIL DOE WAP in other regions of Texas and the RFA originally released was closed, staff also gained Board approval on December 7, 2023, to issue another, slightly modified, RFA;
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2024, Department staff released a second RFA seeking qualifi...
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