Develop effective procurement strategies and negotiate favorable contracts
In a competitive power market, achieving the right balance of diversity and affordability is a challenging exercise. The GDS team brings decades of experience in power supply solicitation and procurement activities, so your organization enjoys long-term sustainability and meets the needs of your members or customers.
Resource planning expertise includes:
Design a procurement strategy
Independent evaluation of proposals
Contract negotiations
Web-based RFP solicitation platform
Solicitation document preparation and management
Develop risk management and hedging strategies for power supply procurement activities
Immediate access to nationwide expertise helps formulate cost effective, proven and customized power supply strategies. Whether your utility is located in an organized market (e.g. ISO/RTO) or unstructured market, the GDS team gives you the ability to implement solutions that incorporate your specific objectives.
Acquire renewable, BESS and thermal generation resources
Assess and evaluate what types of resources your utility needs to reliably and affordably serve your customers. GDS consultants provide the expert analyses and studies to determine the optimal solutions and then support the procurement of those resources. Managing competitive resource solicitations, independently evaluating proposals, and negotiating favorable contracts provides sustainable success for your utility.
Identify the best opportunities and secure favorable terms.
Keeping power affordable and reliable for customers or members is an increasingly complex mission. By applying GDS’s considerable solicitation and procurement expertise, you can ensure a resilient, sustainable, and affordable portfolio that satisfies your community’s needs.
Diversify technologies and fuel sources
Apply significant leverage in negotiations
Keep power affordable for members
Mitigate risks that arise from electric restructuring
Maximize power source reliability
Minimize cost volatility from external market forces
