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1 Proposal No: RFP ADDENDUM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM TALLAHASSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE 444 Appleyard Drive Tallahassee, Florida Proposal Title: Proposal Due Date: Proposal Opening: Financing of an Energy Performance Contract May 16, 1:45 p.m. EDST May 16, 2:00 p.m. EDST ADDENDUM NO: 1 Date: May 10, 2016 PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ARE APPLICABLE TO THE ORIGINAL SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ABOVE-REFERENCED RFQ: This addendum includes the following: 1. Written Responses to Written Inquiries 2. TCC Financial Audit (Attachment #1) 3. TCC Fact Book (Attachment #2) THIS ADDENDUM NOW BECOMES A PART OF THE ORIGINAL RFQ. THE ADDENDUM ACKNOWLEDGMENT FORM SHALL BE SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE, DATED AND RETURNED WITH THE RESPONSE. RESPONDENT: BY: ADDRESS: PHONE: CITY, STATE: DATE: AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE

2 Questions from: Geoff Culm Bank of America Question #1 Please confirm the identity of the ESCO provider and confirm that the project will be procured by TCC under a guaranteed savings energy performance contract with the ESCO. Answer #1 The College will partner with Siemen s for this project, which will be procured by TCC under a guaranteed savings energy performance contract. Question #2 Please provide an update on how the College expects to end fiscal 2016 as well as a copy of TCC s 2017 budget. Answer #2 Based on early year-end projections, the College expects to have a 5% fund balance at June 30, 2016 with a projected operating budget of $67 million. The College s most recent financial audit, for the period of July 1, 2014 June 30, 2015 can be viewed at the following link - Tallahassee Community College's FY Financial Audit, or with the attached Financial Audit (attachment #1). The College s FY Operating Budget has not been finalized, pending the final state appropriations from the Florida College System. Question #3 Answer #3 Question #4 Answer #4 Question #5 Answer #5 Question #6 Answer #6 Please provide an annual breakdown of the net guaranteed savings from the ESCO. available to ensure the project is cash flow neutral or positive. We require firm finance rates to calculate our actual cash flow before making a final selection of scope. These details will be available after approximately May 25 th, The details on the second phase of work will be available Please confirm that the lease transaction will be secured by a FL Covenant to Budget and Appropriate clause and that the financing will not be structured as a 'standard' tax-exempt lease purchase agreement subject to annual appropriation. Yes. This is standard practice in Florida, due to the inability for public sector entities to grant a security interest in physical assets. Please provide the school's 5 yr enrollment statistics; TCC s 5 year enrollment data is reflected in the attached TCC Fact Book (page 31 contains the unduplicated headcount). Please provide a project cost breakout by energy conservation measure ( ECM ), as well as a project cost breakout by facility/building. available to ensure the project is cash flow neutral or positive. These details will be available after approximately May 25 th, The details on the second phase of work will be available Questions from: Denise Beauchamp U.S. Bank Question #1 Can you please advise the name of the energy contractor performing the work? Because this is a guaranteed savings contract, we need to be comfortable with the contractor and their ability to perform, if required.

3 Answer #1 ADDENDUM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FORM The College will partner with Siemen s for this project, which will be procured by TCC under a guaranteed savings energy performance contract. Questions from: Bob Quinn TD Equipment Finance, Inc. Question #1 When will the ESCO Company be disclosed to potential investors and is the ESCO company the same for Phase II as it is for Phase I? Answer #1 The College will partner with Siemen s for both phases of this project. Question #2 Answer #2 Question #3 Answer #3 Question #4 Answer #4 When will there be an Energy Savings Guaranty provided by the ESCO? The performance guarantee is part of the contract between TCC and Siemens. The guarantee period commences upon acceptance of the project. When will the Energy Performance Contract / Energy Audit (inclusive of the items listed below) for both Phases be available for potential investors for review? Inclusive items include: List of the Facility Improvement Measures (FIMs); List of where each of the FIMs will be installed; Estimated cost per FIM; Construction timeline; M&V options per FIM; Cost of M&V Options. available to ensure the project is cash flow neutral or positive. We require firm finance rates to calculate our actual cash flow before making a final selection of scope. These details will be available after approximately May 25 th, The details on the second phase of work will be available Will you accept proposals subject to final credit approval due to the complexity of the analysis requested above and the fact that this information may not be available until the bid is awarded? Yes, but there must be a clear financial advantage associated with selecting a proposal contingent upon credit approval.

4 Attachment #1 TCC Financial Audit (Double click attachment to open pdf document)

5 Attachment #2 TCC Fact Book (Double click attachment to open pdf document)

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