Overview

World Energy is the undisputed leader in government energy procurements - performing nearly 50 aggregations for federal, state, and municipal governments.

World Energy understands the needs of the government buyer - being fiscally responsible, meeting green power requirements and running protest-free procurements. And World Energy’s process and tools are so effective that several government customers have won prestigious awards as a result of working with us.

Procure™

World Energy has joined forces with consulting firm SAIC, adapting Procure™ - its core technology, intelligence and service platform - to meet the unique requirements of government procurement. SAIC brings contracting vehicles, solicitation expertise, and experience in government buying to complement World Energy’s energy procurement capabilities.

The government procurement process starts with an understanding of the buying group’s needs, and then translating those needs into a solicitation specifically tailored to the unique aspects of buying electricity or natural gas. The World Energy/SAIC team has crafted dozens of such solicitations, each one carefully tailored to establish key terms, while ensuring they will be palatable to the supplier community.

After the solicitation is authored, the next key is to maximize supplier participation, while assuring paperwork compliance. The team then holds conference calls to alert suppliers of the solicitation and point them to a custom tailored web site that serves as a self-document repository of all the key documents. Calls are taped and all contacts are documented to assure fair and open competition. Typically procurements garner participation from 3-8 suppliers, assuring the most competitive auction for the customer.

Another key for government procurement is to assure agency participation. World Energy and SAIC work closely with the buying group to identify key constituencies that are on the fence about joining the procurement, and then market the procurement to these agencies oftentimes in face-to-face meetings. Typically an additional 20-80% is added to the initial usage estimate after these meetings.

With suppliers and agencies on board, the auction event is ready to proceed. The auction event is actually a series of auctions, specifically architected to enable the government customer to test prices for different contract terms, mixes of green power, and load combinations. After these auctions are run - sometimes over 30 in a day, the client has a matrix of price options to consider. Because these data are available, procurement officers can award quickly, often within 30 minutes of the conclusion of the series of auctions. This rapid reward process enables suppliers to really sharpen their pencils, as they don’t have to hold prices very long.

After award, World Energy offers an optional Bill Management service for government organizations that are looking for help with billing analysis, presentment, and payment.

Awards

Government procurement officers have won several awards as a result of working with the World Energy/SAIC team including the:

• Federal Energy Management Award for Innovative Technology for Small Groups. In the award the Department of Energy lauds the General Services Administration’s Energy Center of Excellence (ECOE) for its efforts to “mirror how industry procures and sells energy as well as to meet Federal acquisition regulations.”

• Lou Harriss Award. Linda Collins of the GSA won the award as someone who exemplified “Lou Harris' goals and vision for building a strong partnership between the federal government and the utility industry” for among other things using reverse auctions to procure commodity.

• GSA Environmental Award. Awarded to EPA's Green Power Purchase Program for working aggressively to acquire electricity from renewable sources.

• President’s Award - Awarded to Natural Gas Acquisition Program for procuring Natural Gas electronically.

Government Agency Customers

• General Services Administration
• Bureau of Prisons
• United Nations
• Veterans Administration
• Department of Homeland Security
• US Postal Service
• Smithsonian Institute
• Social Security Administration
• Statue of Liberty
• Red Cross
• Federal Communications Commission
• US Mint
• Maryland Department of General Services
• Maryland Stadium Authority