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1. Introduction

Multifamily Residential Energy Pathways Participating Contactor Network establishes a network of highly qualified firms who work directly with developers, building owners, and their representatives to plan and implement energy efficiency and beneficial electrification projects for Multifamily Residential programs including forthcoming Inflation Reduction Act Home Energy Rebates.

The Contractor Application process contains eight (8) separate steps. Review the information in the blue box at the top of the page. It provides high-level guidance and requirements that you may need to complete each step.

• Fields marked with a red asterisk ( * ) are required and must be completed before you can move on to the next step. 

• Fields with the symbol contain helpful field guidance and instructions that appear as tooltips when hovering your cursor over the symbol. The information in these tooltips ensures you provide the correct information. Not all fields contain this symbol.

• Clicking Continue at the bottom of any page will save your progress (if all required fields have been completed) if you cannot complete the application in one sitting or if you navigate to a previous page to edit.

2. Access the Multifamily Contractor Application

The Access Application step requires you to navigate to the application and select your Program Family and program.

3. Complete and Submit the Multifamily Contractor Application

3.1. Application Page 1: Company Information

Getting Started:

After completing and saving the second step of the application, you will receive an email with a link to your application. The application saves as you progress to each page. If you need to exit your application, you may return to it by using the link in the email.

What you'll need:

During the application, you'll be asked to provide the following: Certifications, Case Studies, Customer References, a Staffing Matrix, a Management Plan, and an Energy Audit or Bid Package (as applicable).

*If you are a Participating Contractor enrolled in one of the networks listed below, you may be exempt from providing these materials.

• Multifamily Building Solutions Network

• Comfort Home Contractor

• EmPower+ Contractor

• FlexTech Consultant

• New York State (NYS) Clean Heat Participating Contractor

• Affordable Multifamily Energy Efficiency Program (AMEEP) Participating Contractor

• Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Subgrantees

• Housing Preservation & Development (HPD) Pre-Qualified Vendor

• NYC Accelerator Service Provider

• NYCHA PACT Developers and General Contractors

3.2. Application Page 2: Contact Information

Complete the Contact Information section to add your organization's contacts to the application. Once the Contact Information section is complete, the contractor should expect the following email communication including the hyperlink to resume your application.

3.3. Application Page 3: Qualifications

Step 3 of the application requests Qualification information regarding the systems your organization services and the geographical regions your organization supports.

3.4. Application Page 4: References

Step 4 requests three (3) references for past project work, including a minimum of one multifamily project reference.

Multifamily references will receive higher scores than non-multifamily customer references. References will be emailed a survey to complete and completed surveys will be sent to the NYSERDA evaluation team. Application evaluators will also attempt to contact references if survey responses are not received in a certain amount of time. Application scores will be based on the information that references provide.

If you selected Existing Qualified Contractor in Step 1, you may click Continue at the bottom to skip this page.

3.5. Application Page 5: Case Studies

Applicants are asked to submit case studies in Step 5. At least one case study must have completed construction/installation of recommended measures. Energy Assessor applicants are asked to submit a summary write-up 1-3 pages long for each case-study.

Installer applicants are not asked to submit a write-up for any case study submitted.

Energy Assessor applicants are asked to provide an ASHRAE Level II or III energy audit for one of these case studies identified on this page. The audit should include relevant appendices and documentation.

If you selected Existing Qualified Contractor, you may click Continue at the bottom to skip this page.

3.6. Application Page 6: Certification

Step 6 of the application asks you to review all application information carefully and ensure that all required documentation is complete before continuing. Incomplete applications may result in prolonged processing and potential denial of participation in the Multifamily Residential Energy Pathways.

3.7. Application Page 7: Paperwork Record

Documents

You must upload the requested documents to satisfy application requirements outlined in the Required Documents section. If you have other documents to support your application, you can upload them in the Other Documents section. Note the limit for files in 25MB.

Supported File Types

Include: CSV, DOC, DOCX, gif, jpeg, jpg, PDF, png, PPS, PPSX, PPT, PPTX, TIF, TXT, XLS, XLSX, ZIP, xlsm, kml.

3.8. Application Page 8: Submission Confirmation

Step 8 of the application asks you to review the application to make any necessary edits and submit the application for review.

4. Application Next Steps 

Once submitted, the program team will review the application. You will receive a notification email confirming your application submission. If any documents you uploaded to the application do not meet program requirements, the program team will update the document status to Rejected. When a document is rejected, Salesforce will send a notification to the application requesting they re-upload a document that satisfies the application requirements.