Anyone else dealing with the bureaucratic mess of school district RFPs? Working with a K-12 district in Texas that's been "evaluating proposals" for eight months now. Their current Oncor bills are bleeding money but they can't seem to make a decision on energy management services.
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School District Procurement Nightmare
Dan, that's par for the course unfortunately. School boards move at glacial speed and everyone's afraid to make decisions. We had one district take 14 months to approve a lighting retrofit that would have paid for itself in 18 months.
The key with school districts is building relationships with the facilities director first, then the business manager. Board politics are usually the real roadblock, not the actual numbers.