PR Request – GRU Solar PPA – Scoring/Ranking for ITN-2019-070-0-2019/CML

GRU-Solar PPA-Consensus Scoring Template (Negotiation)- 081919_Redacted

 

On Jun 29, 2020, at 11:54 AM,

Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com> wrote:

Mr. Skop.  See below –

All redactions are based on confidential  information that is exempt from the FL Public Records Laws which is considered to be proprietary confidential business information that includes bids or contractual data information, information relating to competitive interests, and the fact the data and information was submitted as part of a response to the Solar ITN.

  1. 119.0713

(4)(a) Proprietary confidential business information means information, regardless of form or characteristics, which is held by an electric utility that is subject to this chapter, is intended to be and is treated by the entity that provided the information to the electric utility as private in that the disclosure of the information would cause harm to the entity providing the information or its business operations, and has not been disclosed unless disclosed pursuant to a statutory provision, an order of a court or administrative body, or a private agreement that provides that the information will not be released to the public. Proprietary confidential business information includes:

1. Trade secrets, as defined in s. 688.002.

2. Internal auditing controls and reports of internal auditors.

3. Security measures, systems, or procedures.

4. Information concerning bids or other contractual data, the disclosure of which would impair the efforts of the electric utility to contract for goods or services on favorable terms.

5. Information relating to competitive interests, the disclosure of which would impair the competitive business of the provider of the information.

(b) Proprietary confidential business information held by an electric utility that is subject to this chapter in conjunction with a due diligence review of an electric project as defined in s. 163.01(3)(d) or a project to improve the delivery, cost, or diversification of fuel or renewable energy resources is confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and s. 24(a), Art. I of the State Constitution.

(c) All proprietary confidential business information described in paragraph (b) shall be retained for 1 year after the due diligence review has been completed and the electric utility has decided whether or not to participate in the project.

 

Dana Gauthier, C.P.M.

Procurement Specialist III

GRU Procurement

 

Kristie A. Williams

Utilities Administrative Services Director

Records Management Liaison Officer

(352) 393-1231

williamska@gru.com

 


 

From: Nathan Skop [mailto: redacted]

Sent: Friday, June 26, 2020 4:41 PM

To: Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com>

Cc: Gauthier, Dana L <GauthierDL@gru.com>; Poe, Lauren B <POELB@cityofgainesville.org>; pmarsh@floridafaf.org; mikegomez@aud.state.fl.us; Feldman, Lee R <FeldmanLR@cityofgainesville.org>; citycomm <citycomm@cityofgainesville.org>; Shalley, Nicolle M. <shalleynm@cityofgainesville.org>

Subject: Re: Public Records Request – Solar PPA – Scoring/Ranking

 

Hi Kristie,

GRU is respectfully requested to cite the specific statutory exemption for EACH of the redactions shown on GRU’s bid scoring and ranking contained in the “Consensus Scoring Template (Negotiation)- 081919_Redacted.pdf” file (including, but not limited to the statutory exemptions cited for the redactions in the rows entitled “Other Descriptor”, “Price Points Awarded”, and “Total Points”).

Please be advised that assertion of a blanket statutory exemption by GRU is not responsive to this request.  I want to know the specific statutory exemption being claimed by GRU for each and every redaction shown.

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Sincerely,

Nathan A. Skop

 


 

From: Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com>

Date: June 26, 2020 at 3:58:41 PM EDT

To: Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com>, Nathan Skop [mailto: redacted]

Cc: “Gauthier, Dana L” <GauthierDL@gru.com>

Subject:RE:  Public Records Request – Solar PPA – Scoring/Ranking

Mr. Skop – All records responsive to your request are attached.

Should you have any additional questions or public records requests, please email GRU at publicrecordsrequest@gru.com.

Kristie A. Williams
Utilities Administrative Services Director
Records Management Liaison Officer
(352) 393-1231
williamska@gru.com

 



From: Public Records Request

Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 10:05 AM

To: Nathan Skop [mailto: redacted]

Cc: Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com>; Gauthier, Dana L <GauthierDL@gru.com>

Subject: RE: Public Records Request

Mr. Skop, GRU is in receipt of the below public records request.

Upon review of your public records request, there may be multiple employees at the City of Gainesville and/or GRU who may be contacted in order to respond to your records request. If responding to and providing records responsive to your public records request requires extraordinary clerical/supervisory/technical assistance, a special service fee may be required before GRU can provide you with records responsive to your request. If your request will take more than 15 minutes of GRU Staff time to produce records responsive to your request, someone from GRU Staff will contact you with an estimate of any associated costs with producing those records responsive to your records request.

A member of GRU Staff will be in contact with you after we understand the amount of time involved to produce those public records responsive to your request. Should you have any additional questions or public records requests, please email GRU at publicrecordsrequest@gru.com.


Thank you,

Kristie A. Williams
Utilities Administrative Services Director Records Management Liaison Officer
(352) 393-1231
williamska@gru.com


 

From: Nathan Skop [mailfrom: redacted]

Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 4:25 PM

To: Gauthier, Dana L <GauthierDL@gru.com>

Cc: Public Records Request <PublicRecordsRequest@gru.com>

Subject: Public Records Request

Dear Dana:

Pursuant to Florida public records law, please provide me with an unredacted, electronic copy of the following public records:

1.  An unredacted, electronic copy of the GRU Purchasing scoring / ranking document for the three (3) shortlisted bids that GRU received in response to ITN-2019-070-0-2019/CML (Solar Power Purchase Agreement) prior to issuing the Intent to Award document.

Production of the document responsive to this request are readily available for immediate production without unnecessary cost and delay.

On behalf of GRU customers, thank you in advance for your timely assistance with this request.


Sincerely,

Nathan A. Skop, Esq.