USDI, Bureau of Reclamation, Northern California Area Office, 16349 Shasta Dam Blvd., Shasta Lake, CA 96019-8400

J -- REHABILITATION OF SHASTA TRANSFORMERS SOL 99SQ230003 DUE 042699 POC Loraine Collins, Contracting Officer, (530)275-3091/Greg O'haver, Mechanical Engineer, (530)275-1554 WEB: click here to electronically access the solicitation, http://ideasec.usgs.gov/. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contracting officer via, lcollins@mp.usbr.gov. Labor Materials and equipment to rehabilitate three each single-phase, 50-MVA power transformers at the Bureau of Reclamation, Shasta Dam Power Plant facility. The transformers were manufactured by the Hitachi LTD, Tokyo, Japan, in 1980. It is required that numerous components of the transformers be maintained, overhauled, upgraded or replaced, as appropriate. The Contractor shall submit in his bid a proposed price for each line item of the list. Each transformers' condition shall be evaluated by the contractor, together with the Contracting Officer's Representative, before and during disassembly. A rehabilitation plan will be prepared by the Government for each transformer. Work required, but not listed, will be negotiated with the Contractor on a case-by case basis. The power plant can only be taken out of service for a limited time period and the Contractor must schedule work accordingly. The work is situated a Shasta Power Plant, approximately 15 miles north of Redding, in Shasta County, California. The principal components of the work to be performed under these specification include the following line items: 1. Remove and store, in the Contractor's own temporary storage facility 2,900 gallons of insulating oil. 2. Analyze oil sample from transformer. 3. Clean all bushings. 4. Replace or repair the existing conservator tank bladder. 5. Furnish and install new gaskets on all transformer tank penetrations, except the tap changer. 6. Process and test 2,900 gallons of insulating oil. 7. Refill each transformer tank with processed insulating oil. Posted 03/19/99 (W-SN310457). (0078)

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