Buying equipment for your organization

This route is for organizations purchasing or leasing power equipment for their own account. It includes developers, operators, utilities, industrial companies, and EPCs when the EPC is the purchasing party.

Buying equipment Representing a buyer Offering equipment or seller access Making an introduction An introduction to SecondWatt Working with multiple equipment opportunities Evaluating technical fit

Start with the requirement

Capacity and rating basis, equipment types or models, quantity and acceptable alternatives.
Project region, delivery and commissioning targets, and relevant site or installation constraints.
Budget basis: equipment only, delivered package or a broader installed scope.
Decision-makers, purchasing entity, procurement process and funding route.

Tell us what is decided and what is still being evaluated. Early-stage projects are welcome; their status determines the appropriate level of sourcing effort and the next evidence request.

How we begin

The standard seller-paid introduction route uses our buyer confidentiality agreement and buyer and project registration. It creates no buyer fee under that agreement and does not appoint SecondWatt as your procurement agent.

SEPARATE ENGAGEMENT

Buyer representation, by engagement

For buyers with a defined project who want SecondWatt acting on their behalf, we offer a separate procurement engagement:

The requirement and target. We agree your requirement and target price with you.
The market. We take it to the market and give you every written offer we receive for it, as received.
Your name. We request pricing in your name only with your approval.
Negotiation and closing. We negotiate where you invite us, and coordinate inspection, title and escrow through closing.
Reporting. We report to you in writing every two weeks while the engagement is active.

The fee for each lot is set in writing before any source is named. It is based on the savings achieved against an agreed equipment-only benchmark, with a minimum. Any compensation SecondWatt receives from the seller side is credited against it, and all compensation is disclosed to you in writing before you commit.

You approve every term and sign every contract. SecondWatt never binds you or commits your funds, and the benchmark is a basis for the fee, not a guarantee of savings or market value. Engagements are agreed project by project.

What you can expect about an opportunity

We distinguish existing equipment from production or refurbishment allocations, identify the basis of reported availability and pricing, and explain material gaps. Before requesting an LOI, we seek enough evidence of the source's role and access to support that next step.

Detailed records, serial numbers, inspections and data-room access follow the source's requirements. Under our standard buyer terms, these generally follow an LOI and acceptable funding evidence unless the source permits otherwise. If your advisers need earlier access, we will request permission and explain any restriction.

Your diligence and purchase decision

Your appointed advisers assess suitability, condition, title and transaction risk. We coordinate the agreed steps and open items. Funding evidence is requested in proportion to the commitment being considered. Sensitive confirmations can follow an agreed process rather than general circulation of account records.

ALSO APPLIES TO YOU

The rules for every relationship

HOW WE ARE PAID

How we are paid

We explain the applicable fee arrangement before an introduction.

Standard seller-paid process. SecondWatt is compensated under a separate source-side agreement. The buyer pays no fee to SecondWatt under the buyer confidentiality agreement.
Separate engagement. A buyer may engage SecondWatt for procurement services under written scope and fee terms. On that route, any compensation SecondWatt receives from the seller side is credited against the buyer's fee, as the engagement terms provide.
Both sides. Compensation from both a source and the buyer on the same transaction requires the buyer's written agreement.
Referrals. Any referral compensation requires its own signed arrangement.
There is no SecondWatt fee for an introductory conversation.
SecondWatt is paid when an acquisition completes, under the signed agreements.
We do not hold deposits or purchase funds.
Payments follow the transaction documents, and independent escrow with written disbursement instructions is our default.

Money and wire controls

Wire instructions are confirmed by a call-back on contact details already on file, never from an email alone.
A late change to account details stops the payment until it is confirmed.
Payments go to the account the transaction documents name, not to an intermediary.
Nothing is released on emailed instructions, side wires or “send it now and we’ll sort the paperwork later.”

WHAT PAUSES AN OPPORTUNITY

What pauses an opportunity

Urgency is never a reason to skip a step. A step is waived only in writing, with the reason recorded. If it can’t be cleared, the opportunity holds until it can.

Authority that can’t be confirmed isn’t established. Authority counts when it is confirmed directly with the named owner or signatory.
A confirmed company is not yet a funded buyer. Inspections, document pulls and taking equipment off the market wait for funding evidence in proportion to the commitment.

We pause when:

An owner or authorized source still isn’t identified once confidentiality is in place.
Several parties offer the same unit at different prices or locations.
Identifiers, nameplate photos or location are withheld indefinitely.
Documents are stale, inconsistent or recycled from another opportunity.
Someone presses for a buyer’s identity, funding evidence or an LOI before showing their own authority.
A deposit is requested outside the agreed escrow, or payment details change late.

We explain what is needed to reconsider it.

YOUR INFORMATION AND RELATIONSHIPS

Your information and relationships

We use confidential submissions to evaluate and progress the relevant requirement or opportunity under the applicable agreements. We do not publish confidential buyer identities, source identities, unit records or commercial terms without permission. Public model research is separate from the private records used for a specific opportunity.

We ask recipients to respect the same limits: no unauthorized forwarding, advertising, use for another buyer or reuse for another project. We document introduced relationships and respect the protections in the applicable agreements.

If your organization has procurement, legal or supplier-onboarding requirements, share them early. We will identify the information and review needed from each side.

Disclosure record. Each release of a serial number, nameplate photo or exact location is recorded with the recipient, the date and the purpose.

Opportunity record. Built as the work happens, before the money moves: who each party is, who represented whom and with what authority, what was reviewed, what was agreed, and where funds were directed.

See the full process on How SecondWatt works

BEFORE WE MEET

Before we meet

Reply to your SecondWatt contact with brief answers to these five questions. If confidentiality limits an answer, describe the restriction so we can agree how to proceed.

Use the five questions. Add a brief requirement if you already have one.

1What is your company or professional practice, and what is your role in this opportunity?
2Are you buying for your own organization, representing a buyer, supplying equipment, introducing a relationship or evaluating technical fit?
3What requirement or equipment opportunity would you like to discuss, and what decision or timing matters next?
4Who else is involved, and what are you currently authorized to do?
5What can you share now, and what needs confidentiality protection or another party's permission first?

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Please do not send bank statements, identity documents, confidential client names or restricted equipment records in an initial inquiry. We will arrange the appropriate next step.

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