Presented by LACI
In Partnership with Climate Mayors and C40
RFI Submission Deadline: August 21, 2023 Extended to September 4, 2023
KEY PROJECT DATES AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Key Project Dates
| RFI Release | July 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST |
| RFI Informational Webinar 1 | August 1, 2023 at 11:00AM PST |
| RFI Informational Webinar 2 | August 21, 2023 at 10:00AM PST |
| RFI Response Submission Close/Deadline | September 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST |
Contact Information
Please email both:
- Michelle Kinman, SVP Market Transformation, michelle@laci.org
- Kamya Jagadish, Graduate Student Intern, kjagadish@laci.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge: The explosion of e-commerce and related goods movement has led to an increase in air pollution, urban traffic congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions in cities across the United States. While major delivery fleets have announced pledges to deploy zero emission vehicles—and many startup and corporate innovations have entered the market—the progress to move toward zero emissions has been slow. Cities often also lack the ability to evaluate emerging technologies that are best suited for their municipality's needs as well as need support to evaluate possible pathways to reducing emissions from first or last mile delivery in designated areas.
Solution: Building on experience in numerous first and last mile zero emissions delivery and goods movement projects through the Transportation Electrification Partnership as well as over a decade in incubating startups and working on local climate innovation with cities, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)—in partnership with Climate Mayors and C40*—is seeking expressions of interest from U.S. cities to participate in the inaugural City Climate Innovation Challenge focused on Zero Emissions Delivery (ZED), or ZED City Challenge. Cities are invited to the ZED City Challenge—along with anchor partner Cities of Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Santa Monica—to seek and deploy zero emissions technology and policy innovations to reduce growing emissions from e-commerce and goods movement.
ZED City Challenge Benefits: Selected cities will be part of a facilitated national multi-city cohort to share learnings and new ideas as well as participate in convenings with key corporate and government stakeholders. Each selected municipality will also be supported to create a ZED innovation “sandbox” within their city to invite, evaluate, and deploy innovations that meet their local needs (e.g., e-cargo bikes for last-mile delivery, curb management and pricing systems, charging infrastructure for electric medium-duty last mile delivery vehicles, incentives for zero emissions heavy-duty trucks, etc.). In addition, members of the city cohort will also have access to direct and shared resources including technical assistance (e.g., developing innovation pilot “sandboxes” and supporting policies, assessing potential corporate and/or startup innovations for potential deployment, etc.), travel for convenings, data collection and management tools, potential pilot grants for deploying startup technological innovations, etc.
* Please note that C40 does not endorse any of the specific companies that will be involved in the program
LACI & CITY CLIMATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE BACKGROUND
Established in 2011 as an economic development initiative of the City of Los Angeles and LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation through startup incubation, transforming markets through catalytic partnerships, pilots and policies, and enhancing communities through green job training. Solutions are focused on zero emissions transportation, clean energy, and sustainable cities. LACI’s startup incubation programs provide curriculum, coaching, pilot funding, access to venture and debt funds, additional resources for underrepresented founders, paid interns, and other resources to scale emerging cleantech companies.
In December 2019, at COP25, LACI, C40, and PwC released a report identifying how cities can better invite and deploy climate innovation and, in so doing, create a $5 trillion market and further reduce emissions by 35 percent. In 2021 at COP26, LACI CEO Matt Petersen was joined by Climate Mayors Vice Chair Kate Gallego to call for a City Climate Innovation Fund to help respond to the opportunity identified in the 2019 report. In parallel, LACI’s Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) in Greater Los Angeles created the nation’s first Zero Emissions Delivery Zone with the City of Santa Monica and later partnered with the city of Santa Monica, City of Los Angeles, and City of Pittsburgh to secure a $3.7 engagement DOE VTO grant to expand curb access initiatives. LACI and TEP have also led a series of initiatives, studies, and successful budget requests to accelerate the transition to zero emissions heavy-duty drayage trucks at the Ports of LA and Long Beach with the region’s first public depot charging station, with federal funding secured by LACI.
In September 2022, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City, LACI announced the integration of these initiatives as the first phase of the City Climate Innovation Fund with a commitment to launch the Zero Emissions Delivery (ZED) City Challenge with five to seven additional U.S. cities, to advance zero emission delivery solutions by 2025. The ZED City Challenge will build on LACI’s proven track record of creating innovation challenges with cities to to set and achieve goals set with public-private partners, create sandboxes with selected cities to invite corporate and startup innovation, identify scalable technologies and business & policy models, scale solutions through investment (e.g., budget advocacy for local government funding, startup investments, etc) and policy initiatives, and other priorities.
ZED CITY CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS
With this RFI, LACI is seeking expressions of interest from U.S. cities interested in advancing zero emissions delivery and goods movement solutions—including related vehicle electrification and infrastructure—within their city.
Objectives
In summary, selected cities will be supported to 1) design, invite, evaluate, and deploy technology, business model, and/or policy innovations to pilot solutions meeting the city’s needs; and 2) scale those solutions that show greatest promise through various strategies.
The ZED City Challenge has the following key objectives:
Invite, review and deploy technology, business model, and/or policy innovations for curb management and last-mile delivery that provide city insight, management, and control of the commercial activity at their curbs. Whereas existing corporate solutions can be deployed at their own cost, resources for technology pilots will be prioritized for emerging startup solutions.
Stimulate the adoption of heavy-duty electrification in first-mile delivery applications through policy and technology pilots deployment of infrastructure and truck technology (e.g., medium and heavy-duty (M/HD) charging depots to accelerate truck electrification, etc.)
Explore and advance viable policy innovations that help scale solutions (e.g., establish financial incentives for first-or-last mile zero emission delivery, create zero emission zones, or cordoned pollution pricing zones in key areas of a city’s goods movement network, etc.)
The final suite of deployed technologies for each city will be a mix of startup innovations and offerings from established players. Cities will also identify the appropriate policies needed for the creation and enforcement of zero emission pilots at the local level. Solutions considered may include the following:
Technology and Operations Ideas
Utilization of electric medium-duty trucks and vans in use cases for specific types of goods, charging needs, and routing configurations
Deployment of heavy-duty truck charging solutions for first-mile use cases
Utilization of stationary and non-stationary charging solutions at or adjacent to the curb
Community-oriented solutions for local business to partake in zero emissions delivery with minimal or no upfront capital expense
Deployment of electric cargo bikes to replace truck trips to reduce congestion
Localized air and noise pollution monitoring to demonstrate improved health benefits
Curb management technology that allows cities to accurately manage and monetize commercial activity on their streets
Vehicle identification technology that supports the enforcement of cordon zero emission zones and associated pollution pricing
Policy Ideas
Regulations and ordinances that could be considered in zones such as: zone access controls, road/usage access and pricing, curb access and pricing (based on congestion, time of use, pollution, vehicle dimension, etc.)
Enforcement mechanisms for monitoring non-zero emission traffic in the designated area(s)
Coalescence around EPA strategy for cordon zone implementation, in either urban centers or industrial districts
Support adoption of California’s Advanced Clean Truck and Fleets rules within Section 177 states
Benefits
Applicants can expect to receive the following benefits if selected to join the ZED City Challenge cohort:
City-to-City Learnings
Access to a Network of Cities deploying similar zero emission strategies with whom to problem solve and develop new strategies for reducing climate, air, noise pollution and traffic congestion (e.g., smaller footprint vehicles such as e-cargo bikes, application of curb management solutions, etc.)
Coordination for Transformative Local, State, and Federal Policy to unlock cordon pollution pricing, incentives for zero emission goods deliveries, etc.
Promotion of City Leadership via LACI and partner-led media, articles, conferences, etc.
Opportunities for Innovation and Policy Solutions
Defining Pilot Sandbox where startups and corporate partners can deploy selected innovations and technologies
Screening and Selection of Startups with technologies/hardware and services aligned for each municipalities’ needs, followed by potential access to resources (e.g., pilot funding, coaching, etc) and capital (e.g., venture or debt funds) for those startups whose solutions show greatest potential
Access to Roundtable of Beneficial Cargo Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers, and Delivery Players who are key partners in the electrification transition
Visibility with Delivery Fleets to attract national fleet deployments of zero emission vehicles
Creation of New Green Jobs via local zero emission investments identification
Access to Technical and Financial Resources
Technical Support from LACI and LACI partners (e.g., consultants, academic research institutions, etc.) for pilot ‘sand box’ design and implementation, including but not limited to operations and legal/policy support
Identification of Actionable Investment Opportunities in goods movement charging infrastructure and the vetting of M/HD charging infrastructure sites
Positioning for State and/or Federal Funding to expand municipal electrification efforts
Quantitative and Qualitative Research on effectiveness of zero emission delivery strategies
Potential Pilot Funding for select startup solutions. LACI has secured an initial $750,000 to support zero emission delivery pilot funding, with portions dedicated to cities within and outside of California. LACI is actively working to secure additional funding for cities across the nation.
RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS
Responses Requested
LACI wishes to understand cities’ preferred objectives, challenges, locations, technologies, and strategies as part of this RFI. To inform the selection of the ZED City Challenge Cohort, LACI requests comments and information on the following areas of interest:
Existing city objectives related to zero emission delivery. Preference will be given to cities with existing commitments (e.g., defined mayoral priorities, commitment to implement a ZED pilot in adopted sustainability plan, grant funds secured for same or similar purpose, etc).
Types of low or zero emission delivery approaches that your city has deployed or considered. Please include any relevant timelines.
Technology solutions your city has utilized or considered. Please include information regarding the readiness, reliability, and accessibility (from a supply and cost perspective) of the technology.
Policy solutions that your city has utilized or considered, including but not limited to, congestion pricing and curb regulations. Please include information around pricing and incentive schemes, where appropriate.
Stakeholders that your city collaborates with in these projects, including but not limited to, research institutes, startup incubators, fleet operators, etc.
How being a member of the ZED City Challenge cohort will best support and benefit your related initiatives.
Which staff member will be the lead representative for the City along with other staff members and elected officials who may participate in various stages of the cohort.
Additional questions to respond to if relevant:
What indicators or metrics have you considered for zero emission delivery initiatives?
How did you (or will you) determine the size and/or location of your zero emission delivery initiatives?
What has the feedback from the community and businesses been around proposed or enacted zero emission delivery approaches, if applicable?
What enforcement mechanisms for zero emission delivery strategies have you considered?
What has your experience been in working with earlier stage startups who have working technologies you find useful but may lack the capacity to go through lengthy city procurement processes?
Who should respond to this RFI?
We welcome responses from cities but also invite other relevant entities we may consider inviting to participate (e.g., Business Improvement Districts recognized by their local municipality, port authorities, etc) as part of the cohort. While they will not be considered for official membership in the cohort, we also invite interested existing delivery companies, corporate OEMs, earlier stage startups, and others to express their interest to participate through their solutions and select engagements with the cohort as and if appropriate. Please note that a separate technology RFI will likely be issued after the city cohort has been established.
Based on the responses and possible follow up communications, we will select official city and local government partners who will receive advising and technical support from LACI in the aforementioned ways to implement their zero emission delivery solutions. Non-city respondents will be considered for private sector engagements
Selected participants in the ZED City Challenge cohorts should expect to attend the following programming events (note that this schedule is subject to change):
Kickoff workshop in September 2023
Bi-monthly virtual meetings with the ZED City Challenge cohort—and potential select private sector actors as and if needed—from September 2023 through the end of 2024
Workshop to share learnings in December 2024
RFI Schedule
Responses must be submitted on or before August 21 September 4 at 5:00 pm PST. We encourage early submissions.
RFI Contact
All correspondence and inquiries related to this project must be directed in writing by email to both Michelle Kinman at michelle@laci.org and Kamya Jagadish at kjagadish@laci.org.
RFI Response Instructions
All respondents must provide information related to the topics and questions outlined in the “Responses Requested” section above.
Responses should be no more than ten (10) pages, single-spaced at 12-point font, provided as a PDF or Word document. Please also include the following information:
City Name
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Phone Number
Responses must be submitted through the SMApply portal. Only electronic submissions received through the portal detailed below will be accepted: https://laci.smapply.org/prog/zed_citychallenge
If there are challenges or issues relating to the submission of the RFI responses, they can be directed to kjagadish@laci.org, copying michelle@laci.org.
Request for Interest (RFI): Zero Emissions Delivery City Challenge
Presented by LACI
In Partnership with Climate Mayors and C40
RFI Submission Deadline: August 21, 2023 Extended to September 4, 2023
KEY PROJECT DATES AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Key Project Dates
| RFI Release | July 10, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST |
| RFI Informational Webinar 1 | August 1, 2023 at 11:00AM PST |
| RFI Informational Webinar 2 | August 21, 2023 at 10:00AM PST |
| RFI Response Submission Close/Deadline | September 4, 2023 at 5:00 PM PST |
Contact Information
Please email both:
- Michelle Kinman, SVP Market Transformation, michelle@laci.org
- Kamya Jagadish, Graduate Student Intern, kjagadish@laci.org
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge: The explosion of e-commerce and related goods movement has led to an increase in air pollution, urban traffic congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions in cities across the United States. While major delivery fleets have announced pledges to deploy zero emission vehicles—and many startup and corporate innovations have entered the market—the progress to move toward zero emissions has been slow. Cities often also lack the ability to evaluate emerging technologies that are best suited for their municipality's needs as well as need support to evaluate possible pathways to reducing emissions from first or last mile delivery in designated areas.
Solution: Building on experience in numerous first and last mile zero emissions delivery and goods movement projects through the Transportation Electrification Partnership as well as over a decade in incubating startups and working on local climate innovation with cities, the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)—in partnership with Climate Mayors and C40*—is seeking expressions of interest from U.S. cities to participate in the inaugural City Climate Innovation Challenge focused on Zero Emissions Delivery (ZED), or ZED City Challenge. Cities are invited to the ZED City Challenge—along with anchor partner Cities of Los Angeles, Pittsburgh, and Santa Monica—to seek and deploy zero emissions technology and policy innovations to reduce growing emissions from e-commerce and goods movement.
ZED City Challenge Benefits: Selected cities will be part of a facilitated national multi-city cohort to share learnings and new ideas as well as participate in convenings with key corporate and government stakeholders. Each selected municipality will also be supported to create a ZED innovation “sandbox” within their city to invite, evaluate, and deploy innovations that meet their local needs (e.g., e-cargo bikes for last-mile delivery, curb management and pricing systems, charging infrastructure for electric medium-duty last mile delivery vehicles, incentives for zero emissions heavy-duty trucks, etc.). In addition, members of the city cohort will also have access to direct and shared resources including technical assistance (e.g., developing innovation pilot “sandboxes” and supporting policies, assessing potential corporate and/or startup innovations for potential deployment, etc.), travel for convenings, data collection and management tools, potential pilot grants for deploying startup technological innovations, etc.
* Please note that C40 does not endorse any of the specific companies that will be involved in the program
LACI & CITY CLIMATE INNOVATION CHALLENGE BACKGROUND
Established in 2011 as an economic development initiative of the City of Los Angeles and LA Department of Water and Power (LADWP), the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) is creating an inclusive green economy by unlocking innovation through startup incubation, transforming markets through catalytic partnerships, pilots and policies, and enhancing communities through green job training. Solutions are focused on zero emissions transportation, clean energy, and sustainable cities. LACI’s startup incubation programs provide curriculum, coaching, pilot funding, access to venture and debt funds, additional resources for underrepresented founders, paid interns, and other resources to scale emerging cleantech companies.
In December 2019, at COP25, LACI, C40, and PwC released a report identifying how cities can better invite and deploy climate innovation and, in so doing, create a $5 trillion market and further reduce emissions by 35 percent. In 2021 at COP26, LACI CEO Matt Petersen was joined by Climate Mayors Vice Chair Kate Gallego to call for a City Climate Innovation Fund to help respond to the opportunity identified in the 2019 report. In parallel, LACI’s Transportation Electrification Partnership (TEP) in Greater Los Angeles created the nation’s first Zero Emissions Delivery Zone with the City of Santa Monica and later partnered with the city of Santa Monica, City of Los Angeles, and City of Pittsburgh to secure a $3.7 engagement DOE VTO grant to expand curb access initiatives. LACI and TEP have also led a series of initiatives, studies, and successful budget requests to accelerate the transition to zero emissions heavy-duty drayage trucks at the Ports of LA and Long Beach with the region’s first public depot charging station, with federal funding secured by LACI.
In September 2022, at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City, LACI announced the integration of these initiatives as the first phase of the City Climate Innovation Fund with a commitment to launch the Zero Emissions Delivery (ZED) City Challenge with five to seven additional U.S. cities, to advance zero emission delivery solutions by 2025. The ZED City Challenge will build on LACI’s proven track record of creating innovation challenges with cities to to set and achieve goals set with public-private partners, create sandboxes with selected cities to invite corporate and startup innovation, identify scalable technologies and business & policy models, scale solutions through investment (e.g., budget advocacy for local government funding, startup investments, etc) and policy initiatives, and other priorities.
ZED CITY CHALLENGE OBJECTIVES AND BENEFITS
With this RFI, LACI is seeking expressions of interest from U.S. cities interested in advancing zero emissions delivery and goods movement solutions—including related vehicle electrification and infrastructure—within their city.
Objectives
In summary, selected cities will be supported to 1) design, invite, evaluate, and deploy technology, business model, and/or policy innovations to pilot solutions meeting the city’s needs; and 2) scale those solutions that show greatest promise through various strategies.
The ZED City Challenge has the following key objectives:
Invite, review and deploy technology, business model, and/or policy innovations for curb management and last-mile delivery that provide city insight, management, and control of the commercial activity at their curbs. Whereas existing corporate solutions can be deployed at their own cost, resources for technology pilots will be prioritized for emerging startup solutions.
Stimulate the adoption of heavy-duty electrification in first-mile delivery applications through policy and technology pilots deployment of infrastructure and truck technology (e.g., medium and heavy-duty (M/HD) charging depots to accelerate truck electrification, etc.)
Explore and advance viable policy innovations that help scale solutions (e.g., establish financial incentives for first-or-last mile zero emission delivery, create zero emission zones, or cordoned pollution pricing zones in key areas of a city’s goods movement network, etc.)
The final suite of deployed technologies for each city will be a mix of startup innovations and offerings from established players. Cities will also identify the appropriate policies needed for the creation and enforcement of zero emission pilots at the local level. Solutions considered may include the following:
Technology and Operations Ideas
Utilization of electric medium-duty trucks and vans in use cases for specific types of goods, charging needs, and routing configurations
Deployment of heavy-duty truck charging solutions for first-mile use cases
Utilization of stationary and non-stationary charging solutions at or adjacent to the curb
Community-oriented solutions for local business to partake in zero emissions delivery with minimal or no upfront capital expense
Deployment of electric cargo bikes to replace truck trips to reduce congestion
Localized air and noise pollution monitoring to demonstrate improved health benefits
Curb management technology that allows cities to accurately manage and monetize commercial activity on their streets
Vehicle identification technology that supports the enforcement of cordon zero emission zones and associated pollution pricing
Policy Ideas
Regulations and ordinances that could be considered in zones such as: zone access controls, road/usage access and pricing, curb access and pricing (based on congestion, time of use, pollution, vehicle dimension, etc.)
Enforcement mechanisms for monitoring non-zero emission traffic in the designated area(s)
Coalescence around EPA strategy for cordon zone implementation, in either urban centers or industrial districts
Support adoption of California’s Advanced Clean Truck and Fleets rules within Section 177 states
Benefits
Applicants can expect to receive the following benefits if selected to join the ZED City Challenge cohort:
City-to-City Learnings
Access to a Network of Cities deploying similar zero emission strategies with whom to problem solve and develop new strategies for reducing climate, air, noise pollution and traffic congestion (e.g., smaller footprint vehicles such as e-cargo bikes, application of curb management solutions, etc.)
Coordination for Transformative Local, State, and Federal Policy to unlock cordon pollution pricing, incentives for zero emission goods deliveries, etc.
Promotion of City Leadership via LACI and partner-led media, articles, conferences, etc.
Opportunities for Innovation and Policy Solutions
Defining Pilot Sandbox where startups and corporate partners can deploy selected innovations and technologies
Screening and Selection of Startups with technologies/hardware and services aligned for each municipalities’ needs, followed by potential access to resources (e.g., pilot funding, coaching, etc) and capital (e.g., venture or debt funds) for those startups whose solutions show greatest potential
Access to Roundtable of Beneficial Cargo Operators, Vehicle Manufacturers, and Delivery Players who are key partners in the electrification transition
Visibility with Delivery Fleets to attract national fleet deployments of zero emission vehicles
Creation of New Green Jobs via local zero emission investments identification
Access to Technical and Financial Resources
Technical Support from LACI and LACI partners (e.g., consultants, academic research institutions, etc.) for pilot ‘sand box’ design and implementation, including but not limited to operations and legal/policy support
Identification of Actionable Investment Opportunities in goods movement charging infrastructure and the vetting of M/HD charging infrastructure sites
Positioning for State and/or Federal Funding to expand municipal electrification efforts
Quantitative and Qualitative Research on effectiveness of zero emission delivery strategies
Potential Pilot Funding for select startup solutions. LACI has secured an initial $750,000 to support zero emission delivery pilot funding, with portions dedicated to cities within and outside of California. LACI is actively working to secure additional funding for cities across the nation.
RESPONSE INSTRUCTIONS
Responses Requested
LACI wishes to understand cities’ preferred objectives, challenges, locations, technologies, and strategies as part of this RFI. To inform the selection of the ZED City Challenge Cohort, LACI requests comments and information on the following areas of interest:
Existing city objectives related to zero emission delivery. Preference will be given to cities with existing commitments (e.g., defined mayoral priorities, commitment to implement a ZED pilot in adopted sustainability plan, grant funds secured for same or similar purpose, etc).
Types of low or zero emission delivery approaches that your city has deployed or considered. Please include any relevant timelines.
Technology solutions your city has utilized or considered. Please include information regarding the readiness, reliability, and accessibility (from a supply and cost perspective) of the technology.
Policy solutions that your city has utilized or considered, including but not limited to, congestion pricing and curb regulations. Please include information around pricing and incentive schemes, where appropriate.
Stakeholders that your city collaborates with in these projects, including but not limited to, research institutes, startup incubators, fleet operators, etc.
How being a member of the ZED City Challenge cohort will best support and benefit your related initiatives.
Which staff member will be the lead representative for the City along with other staff members and elected officials who may participate in various stages of the cohort.
Additional questions to respond to if relevant:
What indicators or metrics have you considered for zero emission delivery initiatives?
How did you (or will you) determine the size and/or location of your zero emission delivery initiatives?
What has the feedback from the community and businesses been around proposed or enacted zero emission delivery approaches, if applicable?
What enforcement mechanisms for zero emission delivery strategies have you considered?
What has your experience been in working with earlier stage startups who have working technologies you find useful but may lack the capacity to go through lengthy city procurement processes?
Who should respond to this RFI?
We welcome responses from cities but also invite other relevant entities we may consider inviting to participate (e.g., Business Improvement Districts recognized by their local municipality, port authorities, etc) as part of the cohort. While they will not be considered for official membership in the cohort, we also invite interested existing delivery companies, corporate OEMs, earlier stage startups, and others to express their interest to participate through their solutions and select engagements with the cohort as and if appropriate. Please note that a separate technology RFI will likely be issued after the city cohort has been established.
Based on the responses and possible follow up communications, we will select official city and local government partners who will receive advising and technical support from LACI in the aforementioned ways to implement their zero emission delivery solutions. Non-city respondents will be considered for private sector engagements
Selected participants in the ZED City Challenge cohorts should expect to attend the following programming events (note that this schedule is subject to change):
Kickoff workshop in September 2023
Bi-monthly virtual meetings with the ZED City Challenge cohort—and potential select private sector actors as and if needed—from September 2023 through the end of 2024
Workshop to share learnings in December 2024
RFI Schedule
Responses must be submitted on or before August 21 September 4 at 5:00 pm PST. We encourage early submissions.
RFI Contact
All correspondence and inquiries related to this project must be directed in writing by email to both Michelle Kinman at michelle@laci.org and Kamya Jagadish at kjagadish@laci.org.
RFI Response Instructions
All respondents must provide information related to the topics and questions outlined in the “Responses Requested” section above.
Responses should be no more than ten (10) pages, single-spaced at 12-point font, provided as a PDF or Word document. Please also include the following information:
City Name
Contact Name
Contact Email
Contact Phone Number
Responses must be submitted through the SMApply portal. Only electronic submissions received through the portal detailed below will be accepted: https://laci.smapply.org/prog/zed_citychallenge
If there are challenges or issues relating to the submission of the RFI responses, they can be directed to kjagadish@laci.org, copying michelle@laci.org.