Soliciting proposals from qualified firms capable of providing financing for an energy conservation program implemented through a guaranteed savings Energy Performance Contract ("ECP") with an Energy Services Company ("ESCo"). Through this Request for Proposal the issuer intends to borrow forty-nine million two hundred sixty-five thousand seven hundred nineteen dollars ($49,265,719.00) at a desirable interest rate for a period not to exceed the 15-year term of its EPC.