WAPA Instrument Transformers 2016-2021

The Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration (Western) awarded a Master IDIQ on June 8, 2016, for various instrument transformers with a shared ceiling of $26.5 million, but the vehicle closed to new orders on June 7, 2021, making it no longer available for pursuit.

The vehicle is inactive and fully obligated. All 37 task orders have been placed; the most recent award occurred on June 28, 2021. Combined task-order potential value totaled $1.9 million, which is entirely obligated (96% of combined potential value). Ordering closed more than five years ago and no new delivery orders can be issued under this vehicle.

Scope consisted of coupling capacitor voltage transformers (CCVTs), voltage transformers (VTs), current transformers (CTs), and extended-range current transformers (ERCTs) across multiple voltage ratings (69-KV, 115-KV, 230-KV, and 345-KV) destined for substations, microwave sites, and warehouse inventory across Western's service territory spanning Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming. Typical task-order values ranged from under $10 thousand to roughly $410 thousand, with most orders in the $15 thousand to $60 thousand band.

Two prime contractors captured all work: Bennett-Alvarado, Inc., held 23 orders valued at $1.1 million in combined potential value, while Merrill, Incorporated, received 14 orders worth $877 thousand. All orders funded the Department of Energy Western Area Power Administration directly; no interagency activity occurred. Fifty-nine percent of task orders carried no set-aside designation, 38 percent were small-business awards (most competed, not sole-source), and a single 3 percent order used competitive 8(a) contracting.

Delivery orders used firm fixed-price pricing exclusively and typically carried completion dates ranging from four to twelve months after award. All work performed within Western's multistate territory with no single location dominating placement of performance.

Western Area power Administration (Western), Corporate Services Office (CSO) has awarded a Master IDIQ for various Instrument Transformers. The various Transformers will be delivered to various locations within Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.