The Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority (“PCCA” or “the Authority”) is the entity responsible for the construction and operation of the Pennsylvania Convention Center (“Center”). PCCA is a body corporate and politic, created and existing as an agency and public instrumentality of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Convention Center is located in Philadelphia on a site bounded by 11th, Broad, Arch and Race Streets plus the former Train shed north of Market Street and East of 12th Street.

The original Center constructed in 1992-1993, consists of approximately 1.3 million square feet including: 440,000 square feet of exhibit space; 125,000 square feet of ballroom/meeting space and a 125,000 square foot farmers market. PCCA constructing in 2011 a 975,000-square foot expansion of the Center that includes an additional approximate 260,000 square feet of Exhibition Space; 63,000 square feet of Meeting Rooms; a second Ballroom of 57,000 square feet and a multi-story Atrium Entrance on Broad Street.

HRG provided RFP development services including:

• Work with PCCA officials to develop a strategy to engage an Energy Services Company (ESCO) for the proposed project;
• Help draft of Request for Qualifications/Proposal
• Help prepare the RFP documents, evaluation materials for the Board / Evaluation Panel Members

This project was successfully completed and the ESCO project was implemented in multiple phases between 2018 and 2020.