Energy Partnership Framework Trusted Messenger Community Resilience Pilot
RFP Overview
The Brightline Group, on behalf of the Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) Community of the Future (COF) team in partnership with the City of Chicago, is seeking proposal submissions to design and implement the Energy Partnership Framework (EPF) Trusted Messenger Community Resilience Pilot, as part of a broader effort to support communities in extreme weather event resilience. Through this pilot, ComEd and the City of Chicago will support the development of neighborhood resilience that includes community-level emergency preparedness, response, and recovery strategies.
This pilot will be implemented in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and will, at a minimum, include multi-language, dispatchable teams to follow up with neighbors in-person and possibly via text or email following a storm or climate event that results in significant outages or damages. These dispatchable teams will connect community members to the city, neighborhood, and ComEd resources that they may need. Beyond climate emergency response, this pilot will also connect community members to ComEd offerings (e.g., energy efficiency programs, beneficial electrification offerings) that could help make energy more affordable, improve electrical reliability, and improve the community’s climate readiness and resilience.
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ComEd strongly encourages that interested vendors allow their organization’s name to be released to facilitate potential partnerships on this RFP. Please indicate in your intent to bid whether your organization is interested in having its name released by ComEd for potential partnership on the RFP.
The list of organizations who opted in to have their organization’s name and primary contact information released will be shared with the full list of organizations that submit an intent to bid. This list is intended solely to support voluntary teaming discussions among prospective bidders. Inclusion on this list does not imply endorsement and is not required to submit a proposal.
Intent to Bid
If your organization is interested in bidding on this RFP, please email [email protected] by 11:59 pm CT on November 18, 2026, the following:
- Any questions about the RFP or process;
- Whether your organization wants its name released to other vendors to facilitate potential partnerships on this RFP; and
- Your organization’s intent to bid.
In the email subject line, please include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP. The deadline for submitting an intent to bid is November 18, 2026.
ComEd strongly encourages that interested vendors allow their organization’s name to be released to facilitate potential partnerships on this RFP. Please indicate in your intent to bid whether your organization is interested in having its name released by ComEd for potential partnership on the RFP.
RFP Submissions
Email your proposal to [email protected] by 11:59 p.m. CT on December 9, 2026. In the email subject line, please include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP.
Submit your proposal by 11:59 p.m. CT on December 9, 2026 to [email protected]
Please be sure to include 1) your organization’s name, and 2) the title of the RFP in the subject line of your email.
RFP Schedule
| RFP issued by BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd | November 4, 2026 |
| Intent to bid due | 11:59 pm CT on November 18, 2026 |
| Deadline to submit questions | 11:59 pm CT on November 18, 2026 |
| Deadline to indicate interest in having the organization name released by ComEd for a potential partnership on the RFP | 11:59 pm CT on November 18, 2026 |
| BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd, releases names of vendors interested in potential partnership on RFP | 11:59 pm CT on November 20, 2026 |
| BrightLine, on behalf of ComEd, posts responses to questions | 11:59 pm CT on November 30, 2026 |
| RFP submissions deadline | 11:59 pm CT on December 9, 2026 |
| Respondents will be notified of the next steps after ComEd and the Customer Innovation Admin Team have reviewed submissions | December 2026 – January 2027 |