Consent Item 5
Consent Item 5
To: Ava Community Energy Authority
From: Howard Chang, Chief Executive Officer
Subject: Contracts Entered Into
Date: October 21, 2026
_____________________________________________________________________
RECOMMENDATION
Accept the CEO’s report on contracts that Ava Community Energy has entered into, as required by the Administrative Procurement Policy, from September 10, 2026 through October 14, 2026.
Consent Item 5
Counterparty
Name
Document Title Record Type Contract Purpose Contract Value Not To Exceed Expiratio n Date
City State Ironclad
Id
Adam
Montanaro
October 2026
Purchase
Rider
Purchase
Rider
Engage a vendor for
videography services.
$35,000.00 $35,000.00 2027-
06-30
Berkeley CA IC-3362
Chargeonomic
s, LLC
September
2026
Purchase
Rider
Purchase
Rider
Re-engage with
Chargeonomics for ad
hoc EV charging
market insights,
forecasting, and
analytical support
$4,999.00 $4,999.00 2026-
12-31
Danville CA IC-3312
CohnReznick
Advisory LLC
MASTER
SERVICES
AGREEMENT
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Engage in routine
penetration testing for
data security
purposes.
$0.00 n/a 2026-
12-31
New
York
NY IC-3347
EcoMotion
Incorporated
September
2026
Purchase
Rider
Purchase
Rider
Energy Toolbase
Developer site energy
modeling and report
creation.
$4,999.00 $5,000.00 2026-
12-31
Glendale CA IC-3338
EMC
Research, Inc.
September
2026
Amendment
to the
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Contract Purpose:
Design, implement,
analyze, and present
the findings of two
waves of on-line brand
awareness surveys;
Amendment Purpose:
Allow research partner
to work with lists of
customers / PII (to
include rate plan but
not interval data)
$46,500.00 $245,000.00 2027-
07-31
Oakland CA IC-3296
Consent Item 5
Counterparty
Name
Document Title Record Type Contract Purpose Contract Value Not To Exceed Expiratio n Date
City State Ironclad
Id
Gearset
Limited
Order ref:
GSL6ZW9ZQ
Purchase
Rider
Automate Salesforce
metadata
deployments and
process enforcement.
$25,704.00 $25,704.00 2027-
09-30
Cambrid
ge
UK IC-3323
Giraffe
Financial, Inc.
August 2026
Amendment
to the
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Contract Purpose:
Provides Federal
Investment tax credit
consulting related to
the Ava's eight Critical
Municipal Facilities
projects.; Amendment
Purpose: Engage a
vendor for Investment
Tax Credit filing
services for Critical
Municipal Facilities
$0.00 $48,000.00 2028-
03-31
Sacrame
nto
CA IC-3250
Ironclad, Inc. Renewal
Order Form
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Renew Ironclad SaaS
services for contract
management
$101,016.00 N/A 2027-
09-16
San
Francisc
o
CA IC-3303
Keyes & Fox
LLP
September
2026
Amendment
to the Joint
Representatio
n Agreement
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Contract Purpose:
Provide legal services
related to PG&E’s
Billing Modernization
Initiative; Amendment
Purpose: Increase the
collective not-to-exceed amount.
$19,199.12 $180,199.12 N/A San
Francisc
o
CA IC-3346
LHi Group,
Inc.
September
2026
Amendment
to the Staffing
Services
Agreement
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Contract Purpose:
recruiting and staffing
services; Amendment
Purpose: continue
engaging such
services.
$50,000.00 $580,000.00 2027-
06-30
New
York
NY IC-3197
Consent Item 5
Counterparty
Name
Document Title Record Type Contract Purpose Contract Value Not To Exceed Expiratio n Date
City State Ironclad
Id
LHi Group,
Inc.
Statement of
Work
Extension -
Payrolling
Assignment
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Extend contract for
Contracts Manager
backfill
$31,000.00 N/A 2026-
12-08
New
York
NY IC-3376
LHi Group,
Inc.
September
2026
Amendment
to the Staffing
Services
Agreement
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Contract Purpose:
Provide
Contract/Temporary
Assignment Staffing
Services; Amendment
Purpose: talent
sourcing, recruiting,
and temporary
employment and
payroll services.
$150,000.00 $500,000.00 2027-
06-30
New
York
NY IC-3196
Lucid
Software Inc.
Order Form -
Quote
Number: Q-2604223
Vendor
Purchase
Template
Renewal for existing
Lucid Suite licensing
for 12 months.
$19,582.40 $19,582.40 2027-
09-18
South
Jordan
UT IC-3288
McMillan
Electric
August 2026
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Update audiovisual
equipment and
related services at
Ava’s offices.
$104,242.00 $104,242.00 2026-
11-13
San
Francisc
o
CA IC-3230
Most Likely
To, Inc.
September
2026
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Consulting
Services
Agreement
Engage a vendor for
marketing strategy
support
$150,000.00 $150,000.00 2027-
09-29
San
Francisc
o
CA IC-3297
Consent Item 5
Counterparty
Name
Document Title Record Type Contract Purpose Contract Value Not To Exceed Expiratio n Date
City State Ironclad
Id
The Regents
of the
University of
CA, on behalf
of its Berkeley
Campus
(“UCB”)
AGREEMENT
between AVA
COMMUNITY
ENERGY and
THE REGENTS
OF THE
UNIVERSITY
OF CA, ON
BEHALF OF ITS
BERKELEY
CAMPUS
Vendor
Purchase
Template
This is an Agreement
with UC Berkeley to
provide funding for
the EcoBlock project
approved at the July
2016 Board meeting
$149,988.00 $149,988.00 2026-
11-30
Berkeley CA IC-3120