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Bakersfield
Energy contracts the Bakersfield City Council took up since 2022. All Bakersfield meetings.
Extracted automatically — check the source. These rows were read out of the cities' own agendas, staff reports and minutes by a language model (claude-haiku-5-5/v5) on 2026-10-20. Each amount links to the passage it came from and each row to the city's original file, which is the official record. Rows marked check had a problem the checks caught.
28actions
16vendors
$0.00approved (recorded vote)
$32,378,418proposed, no vote in the index
Dollar totals add the amount each action states: an amendment's new total can repeat an earlier award, and annual amounts are counted once. Use them as a rough size, the rows for detail.
Actions
| Date | Vendor | Item | Action | Amount | Size · price · savings | Outcome | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | Willdan | Willdan Guaranteed Energy Savings contract appendices (BESS guarantee, savings M&V, utility rate escalation, financial disclosure) Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | $9,212,625 not to exceed | PV, BESS and EV charging systems at 1000 Buena Vista Road net $8,397,498 in utility and operational savings through 25 years | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2026-10-21 | Voltu Motors | Purchase of six Electric Vehicle (EV) 4X4 One-ton Super Cab Pickup Trucks for multiple Departments check Fleet vehicles | Award | $814,197 | six 2026 electric 4X4 one-ton super cab pickup trucks | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · other · city original |
| 2026-10-07 | Willdan | Public Hearing to Present Findings and Consider Adoption of Energy Savings Performance Contract with Willdan Energy Solutions Bundles | Award | $7,990,188 not to exceed | PV arrays and battery energy storage (BESS) systems at the Water Resou… Projected net annual utility savings of $382,732 per year; net $6,198,… | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda |
| 2026-10-07 | Voltu Motors | Purchase of one electric vehicle (EV) 4X4 one-ton crew cab pickup truck for the Recreation and Parks Department Fleet vehicles | Award | $135,935 | one 2026 electric vehicle (EV) four-wheel drive (4X4) one-ton crew cab… | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-09-16 | Community Action Partnership of Kern | Agreement with Community Action Partnership of Kern (CAPK) (not to exceed $231,048) to provide $231,048 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for so Solar and solar PPAs | Award | $231,048 not to exceed | solar array on the Friendship House Community Center | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes |
| 2026-08-05 | Day’s Generator Service | Contract Change Order No.4 to Agreement 2022-278 with Day’s Generator Service, Inc. ($45,161.89; revised not to exceed $1,013,314.92), for the Backup Generator Microgrids and backup power | Amendment | $1,013,315 not to exceed | one diesel powered generator | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes |
| 2026-06-24 | Willdan | Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2025-164 with Willdan Energy Solutions (increase compensation by $503,140; revised not to exceed $847,380) for procurement and Solar and solar PPAs | Amendment | $847,380 not to exceed | photovoltaic system up to $1.96M in incentive dollars | Pulled | staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes · minutes |
| 2026-04-22 | Bobcat | Resolution determining that an Electric Vehicle (EV) Bobcat compact track loader can most efficiently be obtained through cooperative procurement bidding proced Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $114,860 | one (1) EV Bobcat compact track loader | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-04-22 | Day’s Generator Service | Contract Change Order No. 3 To Agreement No. 2022-278 with Day's Generator Service, Inc. ($34,852.03; revised not to exceed $968,153.03), for the Backup Generat Microgrids and backup power | Amendment | $968,153 not to exceed | one diesel powered generator at the City Hall North parking lot | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-04-08 | Willdan | City-Wide Investment Grade Audit Phase 2 Backout Provision Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Other | $289,761 | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · city original | |
| 2026-04-08 | Willdanenergy Solutions | Independent Contractor's Agreement No. 2025-105 for Multi-Phase Project (Willdan Energy Solutions, Design-Build Energy Services) Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | — | No vote recorded | staff report · city original | |
| 2026-03-25 | Loop Electric | Accept bid and approve contract for Streetlighting Improvements along Terrace Way and Belle Terrace from South 'H' Street to South Union Avenue LED streetlights | Award | $622,960 | forty-eight (48) round, tapered poles with six-foot mast arms, solar l… | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-03-25 | Courtesy Chevrolet | Appropriate $42,067 Equipment Management Fund balance to the Public Works Operating budget to complete the purchase of 31 EV pickup trucks Fleet vehicles | Award | $1,501,069 | 31 electric (EV) pickup trucks $48,421.59 per unit | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-03-11 | Rush Truck Centers | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of electronic vehicle (EV) vans for various Departments Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $301,353 | five (5) EV vans | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2026-02-25 | Bakersfield Truck Center | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of an EV brush truck for the Recreation and Parks Department check Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $627,046 | three (3) units total sales price of $209,015.21 per unit HVIP discount of $180,000 would reduce net purchase to $447,046 | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · minutes · other |
| 2026-01-07 | FFP BTM Solar | Amendment No. 2 to Agreement No. 2020-200 with FFP BTM Solar, LLC for the installation of battery energy storage infrastructure at Green Waste Facility (Ward 1) Battery storage | Amendment | — | Energy storage system resized from 3,000 kW to 2,248.4 kW PPA rate $0.0793 per kW/hr adjusted to $0.1089 per kW/hr $11.8 million that would not be available in the future (if completed … | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-12-17 | Willdan | Amendment No.1 to Agreement No. 2025-164 with Willdan Energy Solutions (not to exceed $344,240) to allow for the procurement of a battery for our solar project. Battery storage | Amendment | $344,240 not to exceed | BESS turnkey project, approximately $3.44 million | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-11-05 | Golden State Peterbilt | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of EV tractors (E.M. Tharp Inc., dba Golden State Peterbilt, Sourcewell cooperative) Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $637,648 | two (2) EV tractors $318,824 per unit | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · city original |
| 2025-11-05 | Loop Electric | Street Lighting Improvements Along Chester Ave from 34th St to Columbus St (RE-BID): Accept bid and approve contract with Loop Electric, Inc. for $96,655 check LED streetlights | Award | $329,650 | (22) solar streetlighting poles and fixtures, (22) pull boxes | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · other · other · city original |
| 2025-09-24 | Kern Machinery | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of EV mowers for the Recreation and Parks Department Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $156,384 not to exceed | six (6) Greenworks 60” EV Commercial Mowers | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes |
| 2025-09-10 | Willdan | Agreements with Willdan (ESCO) for Investment Grade Audit and Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Projects check Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | $289,761 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda | |
| 2025-09-10 | Volvo Construction Equipment | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of two electric vehicle (EV) loader for the Solid Waste Division check Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $1,154,981 | two (2) EV loaders $496,690.58 Point-of-sale CORE voucher discount of $520,000 would reduce total pur… | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes · other |
| 2025-09-10 | Community Action Partnership of Kern | Agreement with the Community Action Partnership (not to exceed $4,630,005.60) for Low Income Energy Project Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | $4,630,006 not to exceed | 30 owner occupied single family residential units energy retrofits; 60… | No vote recorded | staff report · agenda · minutes · city original |
| 2025-08-27 | Willdan | Agreement with Willdan Energy Solutions (ESCO) (no compensation at this time) to perform a preliminary Investment Grade Audit of Water Department facilities to Efficiency retrofits and ESPCs | Award | $31,428 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · other | |
| 2025-06-11 | Fonroche Lighting America | Dispense with bidding for the purchase of Fonroche solar street lighting equipment for the Public Works Department LED streetlights | Sole-source award | $500,000 not to exceed | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda · minutes | |
| 2025-03-26 | Rush Truck Centers | Dispense with Bidding for the purchase of a Pickup Truck for the Police Department. (Unbudgeted) Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $67,724 not to exceed | one unit $ 5,158.12 | No vote recorded | staff report · staff report · staff report · agenda · agenda |
| 2025-01-08 | Phil Long Dealerships | Resolution determining that Ford F150 Lightning crew cab pickup trucks can most efficiently be obtained through cooperative procurement from Phil Long Dealershi Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $238,984 not to exceed | Ford F150 Lightning crew cab pickup trucks | No vote recorded | agenda · minutes · other · city original |
| 2025-01-08 | Rush Truck Centers | Resolution determining that Ford F150 Lightning Crew Cab Trucks can most efficiently be obtained through cooperative procurement from Rush Medium-Duty Truck Cen Fleet vehicles | Cooperative purchase | $175,102 not to exceed | Ford F150 Lightning Crew Cab Trucks | No vote recorded | agenda · minutes · other · city original |