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title: Station A Marketplace Insights for Spring '23
description: What’s the value of running a competitive RFP process for your commercial solar project? On average $668K. Here are our other top findings from the last 2 years of Station A Marketplace activity.
---

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# [Station A Marketplace Insights for Spring '23](https://blog.stationa.com/station-a-marketplace-insights-spring-23)

 Written by [Albert Ching](https://blog.stationa.com/author/albert-ching) | 2023-05-03

## 🤓 Marketplace Activity

- **21 MW **Originated in Station A's marketplace since 2021
- **92** Project bids received In Station A's marketplace
- **7** Markets covered (CA, OR, SC, CT, NY, IL, TX)
- **0.5-3 MW** System size range of projects listed

## ⚖️ Competitive RFPs

- **6 **Avg # of bids received by an RFP
- **39** Avg # of times a project’s disclosure package is downloaded
- **94** Avg # of vetted providers who view an RFP

## 🎯 Quality Providers

- **51 GW** Experience of bidding providers over the last 3 yrs
- **0.67** Avg EMR safety rating of bidding providers
- **14** # of providers that have bid on multiple RFP

## 🤑 Buyer Saving

- **59%** Avg price difference between highest and lowest 1st-round bids
- **5%** Avg price improvement in the cost from 1st-round to shortlist
- **$668k **Amount the avg project saved by running a competitive bidding process

## 💰 Proposal Pricing

- **$1.93** Median price per watt for rooftop solar pre-ITC in 1st-round bids
- **$2.78** Median price per watt for carport solar pre-ITC in 1st-round bids
- **$0.11** Median PPA per kWh for rooftop solar pre-ITC in 1st-round bids

## 💪 Tier-1 Technology

- **Top 5** module brands spec’d in bids: Q-Cells, ZnShine, VSUN, Canadian Solar, Boviet
- **Top 3** inverter brands spec’d in bids: Chint, SolarEdge, Solectria

## 👋 Station A can help

Get the best price on your next project through Station A. [Learn more about Station A Marketplace.](https://sta.link/marketplace) 

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