[Cobo] FW: CNG vehicle initiative - all public organizations welcome

Tue May 29 14:22:44 CDT 2012

From: Paliotta, Amanda 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 2:21 PM
To: Mauck, Sheri
Subject: FW: CNG vehicle intative - all public organizations welcome

Sheri - Please forward this communication to the Business Officers.
Thank you.

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From: Scott Schlotthauer [mailto:Scott_Schlotthauer at dcs.state.ok.us] 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 1:50 PM
To: Paliotta, Amanda
Subject: FW: CNG vehicle intative - all public organizations welcome

Hi Amanda - could you please forward this information to all State
Higher Educational entities?  I received confirmation from Sharon at OSU
already. I do not have contacts for many of the other regional
institutions.  

From: Scott Schlotthauer 
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2012 12:06 PM
To: 'dsmith111 at uco.edu'; 'Trent.Gibson at sde.state.ok.us'; Millsap, Byron
B.; (sharon.toy at okstate.edu); 'Hanke, Liza'; 'Yvonne Anderson - ACOG';
'fdartis at tulsacc.edu'; 'mwebber at incog.org'; 'dbrown at pikepass.com'
Cc: Preston Doerflinger; 'Carol.McFarland at osf.ok.gov'; 'Katie
Altshuler'; Michael Ming; Jay Albert; 'Andrew Silvestri'; DCS Central
Purchasing; Terry Zuniga; Peggy Beaty
Subject: CNG vehicle intative - all public organizations welcome

Governor Fallin unveiled an initiative to increase the use of Natural
Gas vehicles (NGV) as a part of her state wide energy plan last fall.
Natural Gas is a clean, affordable and domestic fuel.  The State of
Oklahoma initiated a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of
Colorado and we are gaining significant momentum in our pursuit of a
multistate contract for NGV's.  The purpose of the MOU is to appeal to
the auto industry to manufacture an affordable and functional NGV
available to the general public.  Since Oklahoma and Colorado signed
last November, 11 additional states have join the initiative.  Oklahoma
will be the lead state in a 13 state request for proposal (RFP) in which
we will go to market to fulfill the MOU.  Please see the attached MOU.  

I am sending you this note today asking you to participate in this
important initiative for our State.  Attached, you will find a timeline
that contains all the key dates for this project.  We are currently
evaluating the level of commitment state agencies and local governments
can contribute to this effort and in the coming weeks will be developing
an RFP based on the input we receive. In an effort to maximize this
opportunity, I am requesting any public organization in the state
interested in purchasing CNG vehicles to notify me on a voluntary basis.
We are aggregating demand, along with 12 other states, in order to
leverage the best value for each user.  As a start we would like to
understand what types of vehicles you would be interested in purchasing,
and how many you would purchase given the right proposal.

Communicating the type or number of vehicles your organization would
like to purchase is not a commitment to purchase.  Your numbers,
aggregated with many others, will simply help to communicate market
demand to our US auto manufacturers.  It will also demonstrate the size
of the prize that can be captured with the right supplier proposal.

The States designated contracting officer for this project is Laura
Bybee.  Laura's contact information; 405-522-1037,  
laura_bybee at dcs.state.ok.us  If you have any questions about the RFP or
contracting you may contact Laura.  

The State of Oklahoma Central Fleet group will be aggregating data for
statewide purchases.  Please send information on the type of CNG
vehicles you would like to purchase and the number of units to Peggy
Beaty.  Peggy is the administrator of the Alternative Fuel and Grant
Mgmt Program for the State.  You may send your information via email to;
peggy_beaty at dcs.state.ok.us.  Please provide your information in the
attached excel template.  If you do not have excel software on your
computer you may call Peggy at 405-521-2206 ext 233.   

You may participate by simply sending your information to Peggy.
Providing information in no way obligates your organization.  Acting
together I am confident we can move the market and finally break out the
auto availability-fueling infrastructure paradox.

Best regards,    

Scott Schlotthauer

State of Oklahoma

State Purchasing Director

405-521-2115

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