Capacitor Bank Maintenance Services

This contract solicitation, numbered 89503126QWA000421, is issued by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Region, for the maintenance of the GE Fixed Series Compensation (FSC) Capacitor Bank at Liberty Substation in Buckeye, Arizona. The solicitation is a total small business set-aside under NAICS code 811310 and requires firm-fixed-price quotes to be submitted electronically via FedConnect or email to the Contracting Officer, Jermaine Villareal. The response deadline is August 14, 2026, and questions must be submitted by August 10, 2026. The work must be performed during a constrained three-day Lockout/Tagout window and requires GE-certified engineers to execute maintenance in full compliance with GE Grid Solutions specifications, OSHA standards (29 CFR 1910 and 1926), DOE and WAPA safety requirements, and DOE-H-2029 for position qualifications. The contractor must submit a Quality Control Plan within ten days of award and deliver accurate, timely maintenance reports, with all services deemed complete only upon full technical acceptance. The evaluation will follow the Lowest Priced Technically Acceptable (LPTA) method, where proposals are assessed first for technical acceptability and then ranked by price among those that meet the threshold. Technical acceptability hinges on the quality of the technical narrative and the credentials of proposed personnel, with all work requiring GE-certified field engineers and full compliance with inspection criteria including fiber optic inspection, CT injection testing, GFOI optical power measurement, and relay inspection. Acceptance occurs at the destination site, Liberty Substation, and is governed by FAR 52.212-4, with the government serving as the sole authority for inspection and acceptance. Invoicing must be submitted electronically through the Treasury’s Invoice Processing Platform (IPP), and payments will be processed via the Desert Southwest Region. The contractor must maintain an active SAM registration, comply with subcontracting restrictions for debarred entities, and ensure all personnel undergo identity verification per FAR 52.204-9. A 24/7 on-site representative fluent in English is required, and foreign personnel access is subject to WES-H-2011 protocols. Packaging, marking, and preservation standards are referenced in the contract structure but not defined, and no contract value or pricing