Operation Breakthrough, Inc.

Operation Breakthrough, Inc. implements a Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) that strives to help homes become safer and more energy efficient. By making the home more energy efficient, the resident's heating and cooling cost can be reduced (on average) by 32 percent.  

Some of the methods used to insulate a home are weather stripping, caulking, replacing deteriorated doors, insulating floors, attics, and walls,  as well as repairing broken window panes. Operation Breakthrough's WAP also runs the Heating & Air Replacement Program (HARRP) when funds are available to repair or replace heating and air units. You must apply for Weatherization Services to be eligible for all departmental programs.

(For more information on the program, including eligibility requirements, please visit the Department of Energy's WAP page here.)

Download an application

Download a Landlord/Tenant Agreement

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The North Carolina Weatherization Assistance program has been assigned a significant role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. As a subgrantee of this program, Operation Breakthrough, Inc. has the continuing role of providing weatherization services to homes of low income families in Durham county. During the course of these projects, subcontracted work may be required to service and/or install heating equipment, to furnish and install insulation, to perform minor electrical repairs, and to perform minor plumbing repairs in customer homes.

Operation Breakthrough, Inc. is requesting proposals from interested parties who are properly licensed contractors in the State of North Carolina in the following individual trades: (click on format for particular bid proposal form)

•    INSULATION (word/pdf)
•    CLEAN, TUNE, EVALUATE HVAC part I (word/pdf)
•    HVAC Part II (word/pdf)
•    ELECTRICAL (word/pdf)
•    PLUMBLING (word/pdf)

****Please Note****In addition to the bid proposal form, all applicants must fill out and return a Contractor General Information form (word/pdf)

Completed forms must be received in person at our 800 N. Mangum Street location or by mail (PO Box 1470, Durham, NC 27701) by 5:00 PM local time, Friday, January 22, 2010.

To request additional information (RFI) during the open proposal period, send email to Energy Director Sadie Abdullah.

MINORITY, WOMEN, AND DISABLED OWNED BUSINESSES ARE ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BID PROCESS.

All contractors are required to comply with the Davis Bacon Act, and must insure that all laborers and mechanics employed on projects funded or assisted in whole or in part by Recovery Act funds are paid prevailing wage as determined by the Secretary of Labor. Requirements are set out in the Department of Labor regulations at 29 CFR Parts 1, 3, and 5 are applicable. The contract clauses from 29 CFR 5.5(a) will apply to this Request for Proposals and will be included in all contracts and subcontracts for the performance of the work.
Prevailing wages as determined by the Department of Labor are posted at the State of North Carolina website at www.wdol.gov.

Complete specifications for the subcontract work related to this request for proposals will be made available for examination on January 8, 2010 at Operation Breakthrough, Inc.

If you need emergency repairs and you are elderly or have special needs and your income is below 50% of the area median income, you may be able to get help through the Urgent Repair Program (URP). (please note: This program is currently limited to residents of Northeast Central Durham.) Local government and nonprofit agencies use URP funds to correct housing conditions that threaten your life or safety, such as failing septic systems, dangerous heating systems, or rotten floors. The program can also pay for ramps and other accessibility modifications that enable you to continue living in your home after an injury or illness, such as a stroke.

As a homeowner, you may qualify for a grant through the URP program if you are elderly, handicapped or disabled, a single parent, have a household of five or more, or have children in your household with elevated blood lead levels.

Download the application (2 pages)

pg. 1, pg. 2

Sadie Abdullah............................................................Energy Director (ext. 271)

Muna Mujahid...............................................Administrative Assistant (ext. 270)

Ralph Taylor.............................................................Weatherization Coordinator
Larry Rankins..........................................................Weatherization Crew Leader
Hayward Ingram....................................................Weatherization Crew Member

800 N. Mangum St. (map)