REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: Proposals for the City Solar Initiative Project will be received by the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, Evansville, Indiana via email until 10:00 a.m., local time, on June 16, 2026. Proposals shall be provided via email to the contacts listed in the Request for Proposals. It is the submitters' responsibility to ensure electronic delivery of the proposal in a timely manner. Proposals will not be accepted if received after the time and date specified above. EWSU will send a confirmation email to the submitter once the proposal is received and downloaded into the EWSU system. Proposals will not be considered for award unless submitted in the format described in the Request for Proposals. The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility (“EWSU”) issues this Request for Proposals pursuant to Indiana Code 5-23 (Public-Private Agreements). EWSU seeks proposals from qualified firms to design, construct, commission, and transfer ownership of Rooftop solar at 17 city owned buildings across the City of Evansville including; the CK Newsome Center, Swonder Ice Arena, Deaconess Aquatic Center, Mesker Park Kley, Discovery, and Amazonia buildings, Central Dispatch Headquarters West, Tower North, and Tower East facilities, Evansville Fire Administration, Fire Station 1, 3, and 8, Animal Care and Control, METS Administration, METS Terminal, and the Evansville Pagoda. Solar systems vary in sizes and are estimated to be between 30 and 800 DC KW per building. EWSU intends to procure the Project via capital expenditure. Proposals shall include a lump sum bid price, detailed cost breakdown, cash flow schedule, and identification of ITC percentage assumptions, for each facility. The Provider shall be responsible for all work shown on the plans and described in the specifications pertaining to the bid price, regardless of the installation method chosen. The Evansville Water and Sewer Utility further reserves the right to waive informalities, and to select the most qualified provider or providers for all or part of the requested facilities, to the advantage of the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, or to reject all Proposals. Optional site walkthroughs will be held on June 8, 2026 & June 9, 2026, starting at 8 am, local time, at the location and times listed below. Scheduled times are approximate and may vary depending on the duration of preceding site visits.   June 8, 2026 Site Visit – Downtown, East, and North Time Location Address 8:00–8:30 METS Terminal 103 NW 6th St. 8:40–9:10 METS Administration 601 John St. 9:20–9:50 CK Newsome 100 E. Walnut St. 10:00–10:30 Fire Administration 550 SE 8th St. 10:35–11:05 Fire Station 1 750 SE 8th St. 11:15–11:45 Evansville Pagoda 401 SE Riverside Dr.                           Lunch Break 1:00–1:30 Swonder Ice Arena 209 N. Boeke Rd. 1:40–2:10 Deaconess Aquatic Center 45 Don Mattingly Way 2:25–2:55 Fire Station 8 2001 N. Kentucky   June 9, 2026 Site Visit – West and Central Time Location Address 8:00–8:30 Central Dispatch HQ West 1331 Harmony Way 8:45–10:15 Mesker Park (Kley, Discovery, Amazonia) 1545 Mesker Park Drive 10:30–11:00 Fire Station 3 310 N. 4th Ave. 11:10–11:40 Animal Care & Control 815 Uhlhorn St.                            Lunch Break 1:15–1:45 Central Dispatch Tower East 2020 Keystone Rd. 2:00–2:30 Central Dispatch Tower North 1540 E. Baseline Rd.   The contract documents, including RFP and supplemental documents, are on file at the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility, 1 NW Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Room 104, Evansville, Indiana 47708, and may be secured from the Utility by submitting a Project Access request form through https://ewsu.com/forms/project-access. If you have additional questions regarding the access process, please email eplans@ewsu.com. Dated this the 22nd day of May, 2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS EVANSVILLE WATER AND SEWER UTILITY: Steven Heidorn, President Chris Rutledge, Vice President Andrew Angel, Member Karma Johnson, Member Ed Ziemer, Member Marco L. DeLucio, Board Attorney ATTEST: Board Secretary (Courier & Press, May 28, 2026 & June 4, 2026)