1PA4A00614_BTU_Generator.pdf

STATE OF CALIFORNIA - NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY Gavin Newsom, Governor

DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION

P.O. Box 944246

SACRAMENTO, CA 94244-2460

(916) 653-7772 Website: www.fire.ca.gov

Request for Quote

Date: 3/12/2026

Enclosed is a Request for Quote (RFQ) Package, #1PA4A00614 for the procurement of a Diesel Generator. Please refer to the attached specification pages for a Diesel Generator for the use by CAL FIRE’s Chico Air Attack Base located in Chico, CA, in Butte County.

This is a direct solicitation to California Certified Small Businesses (SB) with a DGS Certification ID Number and is in an Approved status. Bids from non-certified SBs will not be accepted!

The following documents are required for a complete and responsive bid package.

Please submit these completed documents with your bid:

• Diesel Generator Cost Quote Sheet

• State of California Small Business (SB) certification

• California STD. 204, Payee Data Record

• Copy of California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Seller’s Permit

• CAL FIRE-720, DARFUR Contracting Act Vendor Certification

• Bidder Declaration (GSPD-05-106)

• CalRecycle Form 74, Postconsumer Recycled-Content Certification’

• California Civil Rights Law Certification

The General Provisions Non-IT Commodities are incorporated herein by reference, (DGS PD 401 NITGP, revised 02/20/2025).

Please refer to the attached Bidder Instructions (DGS PD-451, revised 11/09/2011), for instructions on how to provide a responsive bid.

Submission of all required RFQ documents must be received by March 26,2025 via email to Kamarrian.Jordan@fire.ca.gov.

“The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection serves and safeguards the people and protects the property and resources of California.”

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Thank you and CAL FIRE looks forward to your response

Kamarrian Jordan (KJ) Procurement Analyst

CAL FIRE

Business Services Office E-Mail: Kamarrian.Jordan@fire.ca.gov

Request for Quote #1PA4A00614 Diesel Generator

CAL FIRE

3/12/2026

Diesel Generation Specifications

RFQ # 1PA400614

BACKGROUND

The specifications below detail what is needed for a Diesel Generator. The Diesel Generator is needed by CAL FIRE’s Chico Air Attack Base to remain operable during an electrical outage. personnel.

ACTION SUBMITTALS

• Product Data: For each type of product.

• Include rated capacities, operating characteristics, electrical characteristics, and furnished specialties and accessories.

• Include thermal damage curve for generator.

• Include time-current characteristic curves for generator protective device.

• Include fuel consumption in gallons per hour (liters per hour) at 0.8 power factor at 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0-times generator capacity.

• Include generator efficiency at 0.8 power factor at 0.5, 0.75-, and 1.0-times generator capacity.

• Include airflow requirements for cooling and combustion air in cubic feet per minute (cubic meters per minute) at 0.8 power factor, with air-supply temperature of 95, 80, 70, and 50 deg F (35, 27, 21, and 10 deg C). Provide Drawings indicating requirements and limitations for location of air intake and exhausts.

• Include generator characteristics, including, but not limited to, kilowatt rating, efficiency, reactance’s, and short-circuit current capability.

WARRANTY

• Manufacturer's Warranty: Manufacturer agrees to repair or replace components of packaged engine generators and associated auxiliary components that fail in materials or workmanship within specified warranty period.

• Warranty Period: 5 years from date of Substantial Completion.

PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

• Seismic Performance: Engine generator housing, subbase fuel tank, US engine

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generator, batteries, battery racks, silencers, sound attenuating equipment, accessories, and components shall withstand the effects of earthquake motions determined according to ASCE/SEI 7.

• The term "withstand" means “the unit will remain in place without separation of any parts when subjected to the systemic forces specified and the unit will be fully operational after the systemic event.”

• Component Importance factor: 1.5.

• B11 Compliance: Comply with B11.19.

• NFPA Compliance: Comply with NFPA 37.

• Comply with NFPA 70.

• Comply with NFPA 110 requirements for Level 2 EPSS.

• UL Compliance: Comply with UL 2200.

• Engine Exhaust Emissions: Comply with EPA Tier 3 requirements and applicable state and local government requirements.

• Noise Emission: Comply with applicable state and local government requirements for maximum noise level at 71dBA at 23 feet due to sound emitted by engine generator including engine, engine exhaust, engine cooling-air intake and discharge, and other components of installation.

• Environmental Conditions: Engine generator system shall withstand the following environmental conditions without mechanical or electrical damage or degradation of performance capability: Ambient Temperature: 5 to 104 deg F.

• Relative Humidity: Zero to 95 percent.

• Altitude: Sea level to 1000 feet.

ENGINE GENERATOR ASSEMBLY DESCRIPTION

• Factory-assembled and -tested, water-cooled engine, with brushless generator and accessories.

• Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories: Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA 70, by a qualified testing agency, and marked for intended location and use.

• Power Rating: Standby

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• EPSS Class: Engine generator shall be classified as a Class 33 according to NFPA 110.

• Service Load: 313 kVA.

• Power Factor: 0.8, lagging.

• Frequency: 60 Hz.

• Voltage: 480Y/277V.

• Phase: Three-phase, four wire, wye.

• Induction Method: Turbocharged and aftercooled.

• Governor: Adjustable isochronous, with speed sensing.

• Mounting Frame: Structural steel framework to maintain alignment of mounted components without depending on concrete foundation. Provide lifting attachments sized and spaced to prevent deflection of base during lifting and moving. Rigging Diagram: in Submittal to indicate location and lifting capacity of each lifting attachment and engine generator center of gravity.

• Capacities and Characteristics: Power Output Ratings: Nominal ratings as indicated at

0.8 power factor excluding power required for the continued and repeated operation of the unit and auxiliaries.

• Nameplates: For each major system component to identify.

DIESEL ENGINE

• Fuel: ASTM D975, diesel fuel oil, Grade 2-D S15. Diesel No. 2. Or approved renewable diesel fuel replacement.

• Rated Engine Speed: 1800 rpm.

• Lubrication System: Skid-mounted. Filter and Strainer: Rated to remove 90 percent of particles 5 micrometers and smaller while passing full flow.

• Thermostatic Control Valve: Control flow in system to maintain optimum oil temperature. Unit shall be capable of full flow and is designed to be fail-safe.

• Crankcase Drain: Arranged for complete gravity drainage to an easily removable container with no disassembly and without use of pumps, siphons, special tools, or appliances.

• Jacket Coolant Heater: Electric, pump circulation type factory coolant jacket system. Comply with UL 499 and with NFPA 110 requirements for Level 1

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equipment for heater capacity.

• Integral Cooling System: Closed loop, liquid cooled, with radiator factory mounted on engine generator set mounting frame and integral engine-driven coolant pump. Coolant: Solution of 50 percent ethylene-glycol-based antifreeze and 50 percent water, with anticorrosion additives as recommended by engine manufacturer.

• Size of Radiator: Adequate to contain expansion of total system coolant from cold start to 110 percent load condition. (expansion tank is an integral part of the radiator cooling package.)

• Temperature Control: Self-contained, thermostatic-control valve modulates coolant flow automatically to maintain optimum constant coolant temperature as recommended by engine manufacturer.

• Coolant Hose: Flexible assembly with inside surface of nonporous rubber and outer covering of aging-, UV-, and abrasion-resistant fabric. Rating: 50-psig (345-kPa) maximum working pressure with coolant at 180 deg F (82 deg C), and no collapsible under vacuum.

• End Fittings: Flanges or steel pipe nipples with clamps to suit piping and equipment connections.

• Muffler/Silencer: Critical type sized as recommended by engine manufacturer and selected with exhaust piping system to not exceed engine manufacturer's engine backpressure requirements. Minimum sound attenuation of 25 dB at 500 Hz.

• Air-Intake Filter: Standard-duty, engine-mounted air cleaner with replaceable dry-filter element and "blocked filter" indicator.

• Cranking Cycle: As required by NFPA 110 for system level specified.

• Battery: Lead acid, with capacity within ambient temperature range specified in "Performance Requirements" Article to provide specified cranking cycle at least three times without recharging.

• Battery Cable: Size as recommended by engine manufacturer for cable length indicated. Include required interconnecting conductors and connection accessories.

• Battery Compartment: Factory fabricated metal with acid-resistant finish and thermal insulation. Thermostatically controlled heater shall be arranged to maintain battery above 50 deg F (10 deg C) regardless of external ambient temperature within range specified in "Performance Requirements" Article.

Include accessories required to support and fasten batteries in place. Provide ventilation to exhaust battery gases.

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• Battery Stand: Factory-fabricated, two-tier metal with acid-resistant finish designed to hold the quantity of battery cells required and to maintain the arrangement to minimize lengths of battery interconnections.

• Battery-Charging Alternator: Factory mounted on engine with solid-state voltage regulation and 35-A minimum continuous rating.

• Battery Charger: Current-limiting, automatic-equalizing, and float-charging type designed for lead-acid batteries. Unit shall comply with UL 1236 and include the following features:

• Operation: Equalizing-charging rate of 10 A shall be initiated automatically after battery has lost charge until an adjustable equalizing voltage is achieved at battery terminals. Unit shall then be automatically switched to a lower float-charging mode and shall continue to operate in that mode until battery is discharged again.

• Automatic Temperature Compensation: Adjust float and equalize voltages for variations in ambient temperature from minus 40 to 140 deg F (minus 40 to plus 60 deg C) to prevent overcharging at high temperatures and undercharging at low temperatures.

• Automatic Voltage Regulation: Maintain constant output voltage regardless of input voltage variations up to plus or minus 10 percent.

• Ammeter and Voltmeter: Flush mounted in door. Meters shall indicate charging rates.

• Safety Functions: Sense abnormally low battery voltage and close contacts providing low battery voltage indication on control and monitoring panel. Sense high battery voltage and loss of ac input or dc output of battery charger.

• Either condition shall close contacts that provide a battery-charger malfunction indication at system control and monitoring panel.

• Enclosure and Mounting: NEMA 250, Type 1, wall-mounted cabinet.

DIESEL FUEL-OIL SYSTEM

• Comply with NFPA 37.

• Piping: Fuel-oil piping shall be Schedule 40 black steel, complying with requirements in Section 231113 "Facility Fuel-Oil Piping." Cast iron, aluminum, copper, and galvanized steel shall not be used in the fuel-oil system.

• Fuel Filtering: Remove water and contaminants larger than 1 micron.

• Relief-Bypass Valve: Automatically regulates pressure in fuel line and returns

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excess fuel to source.

• Fuel-Oil Storage Tank: Fuel Tank Capacity must be 1618 gallons (+2%).

No other option will be accepted.

• Subbase-Mounted, Double-Wall, Fuel-Oil Tank: Complying with UL 142 fuel-oil tank. Features include the following: Tank level indicator.

• Fuel-Tank Capacity: Minimum 133 percent of total fuel required for planned operation plus fuel for periodic maintenance operations between fuel refills.

• Leak detection in interstitial space.

• Vandal-resistant fill cap.

• Containment Provisions: Comply with requirements of authorities having jurisdiction.

CONTROL AND MONITORING

• Automatic Starting System Sequence of Operation: When mode-selector switch on the control and monitoring panel is in the automatic position, remote-control contacts in one or more separate automatic transfer switches initiate starting and stopping of engine generator. When mode-selector switch is switched to the on position, engine generator starts. The off position of same switch initiates engine generator shutdown. When engine generator is running, specified system or equipment failures or derangements automatically shut down engine generator and initiate alarms.

• Manual Starting System Sequence of Operation: Switching on-off switch on the generator control panel to the on position starts engine generator. The off position of same switch initiates engine generator shutdown. When engine generator is running, specified system or equipment failures or derangements automatically shut down engine generator and initiate alarms.

• Provide minimum run time control set for 30 minutes with override only by operation of a remote emergency-stop switch.

• Comply with UL 508A.

• Configuration:

o Operating and safety indications, protective devices, basic system controls, and engine gages shall be grouped in a common control and monitoring panel mounted on the engine generator. Mounting method shall isolate the control panel from engine generator vibration. Panel shall be powered from the engine generator battery.

• Control and Monitoring Panel:

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o Digital engine generator controller with integrated LCD display, controls, and microprocessor, capable of local and remote control, monitoring, and programming, with battery backup.

o Instruments: Located on the control and monitoring panel and viewable during operation.

Engine lubricating-oil pressure gage.

Engine-coolant temperature gage.

DC voltmeter (alternator battery charging).

Running-time meter.

AC voltmeter, for each phase.

AC ammeter, for each phase.

AC frequency meter.

Generator-voltage adjusting rheostat.

o Controls and Protective Devices: Controls, shutdown devices, and common alarm indication, including the following:

Cranking control equipment.

Run-Off-Auto switch.

Control switch not in automatic position alarm.

Overcrank alarm.

Overcrank shutdown device.

Low-water temperature alarm.

High engine temperature prealarm.

High engine temperature.

High engine temperature shutdown device.

Overspeed alarm.

Overspeed shutdown device.

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Low fuel main tank.

Coolant low-level alarm.

Coolant low-level shutdown device.

Coolant high-temperature prealarm.

Coolant high-temperature alarm.

Coolant low-temperature alarm.

Coolant high-temperature shutdown device.

EPS load indicator.

Battery high-voltage alarm.

Low cranking voltage alarm.

Battery-charger malfunction alarm.

Battery low-voltage alarm.

Lamp test.

Contacts for local and remote common alarm.

Low-starting air pressure alarm.

Low-starting hydraulic pressure alarm.

Remote manual stop shutdown device.

Air shutdown damper alarm when used.

Air shutdown damper shutdown device when used.

Generator overcurrent-protective-device not-closed alarm.

GENERATOR OVERCURRENT AND FAULT PROTECTION

• Overcurrent protective devices shall be coordinated to optimize selective tripping when a short circuit occurs. Overcurrent protective devices for the entire EPSS shall be coordinated to optimize selective tripping when a short circuit occurs.

Coordination of protective devices shall consider both utility and EPSS as the voltage source.

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• Overcurrent protective devices for the EPSS shall be accessible only to authorized personnel.

• Generator Overcurrent Protective Device: Molded case circuit breaker, electronic-trip type; 100 percent rated; complying with UL 489: Tripping Characteristics: Adjustable long-time and short-time delay and instantaneous.

• Trip Settings: Selected to coordinate with generator thermal damage curve.

• Shunt Trip: Connected to trip breaker when engine generator is shut down by other protective devices.

• Mounting: Adjacent to, or integrated with, control and monitoring panel.

• Generator Protector: Microprocessor-based unit shall continuously monitor current level in each phase of generator output, integrate generator heating effect over time, and predict when thermal damage of alternator will occur.

When signaled by generator protector or other engine generator protective devices, a shunt-trip device in the generator disconnect switch shall open the switch to disconnect the generator from load circuits. Protector performs the following functions: Initiates a generator overload alarm when generator has operated at an overload equivalent to 110 percent of full-rated load for 60 seconds. Indication for this alarm is integrated with other engine generator malfunction alarms. Contacts shall be available for load shed functions.

• Under single- or three-phase fault conditions, regulates generator to 300 percent of rated full-load current for up to 10 seconds.

• As overcurrent heating effect on the generator approaches the thermal damage point of the unit, protector switches the excitation system off, opens the generator disconnect device, and shuts down the engine generator.

• Senses clearing of a fault by other overcurrent devices and controls recovery of rated voltage to avoid overshoot.

• Ground-Fault Indication: Comply with NFPA 70, "Emergency System" signals for ground fault.

• Indicate ground fault with other engine generator alarm indications.

• Trip generator protective device on ground fault.

GENERATOR, EXCITER, AND VOLTAGE REGULATOR

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• Comply with NEMA MG 1.

• Drive: Generator shaft shall be directly connected to engine shaft. Exciter shall be rotated integrally with generator rotor.

• Electrical Insulation: Class H.

• Stator-Winding Leads: Brought out to terminal box to permit future reconnection for other voltages if required. Provide twelve lead alternators.

• Range: Provide extended range of output voltage by adjusting the excitation level.

• Construction shall prevent mechanical, electrical, and thermal damage due to vibration, overspeed up to 125 percent of rating, and heat during operation at 110 percent of rated capacity.

• Enclosure: Drip-proof.

• Instrument Transformers: Mounted within generator enclosure.

• Voltage Regulator: Solid-state type, separate from exciter, providing performance as specified and as required by NFPA 110. o Adjusting Rheostat on Control and Monitoring Panel: Provide plus or minus 5 percent adjustment of output-voltage operating band.

• Maintain voltage within 15 percent on one step, full load.

• Provide anti-hunt provision to stabilize voltage.

• Maintain frequency within 10 percent and stabilize at rated frequency within 2 seconds.

• Strip Heater: Thermostatically controlled unit arranged to maintain stator windings above dew point.

• Windings: Two-thirds pitch stator winding and fully linked amortisseur winding. Sub transient Reactance: 12 percent, maximum.

OUTDOOR ENGINE GENERATOR ENCLOSURE

• Description: Vandal-resistant, sound-attenuating, weatherproof steel housing;

wind resistant up to 100 mph (160 km/h). Multiple panels shall be lockable and provide adequate access to components requiring maintenance. Panels shall be removable by one person without tools. Instruments and control shall be mounted within enclosure.

• Sound Attenuation Level: 2.

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• Structural Design and Anchorage: Comply with ASCE/SEI 7 for wind loads up to 100 mph (160 km/h).

• Seismic Design: Comply with seismic requirements in Section 260548.16

"Seismic Controls for Electrical Systems."

• Hinged Doors: With padlocking provisions.

• Space Heater: Thermostatically controlled and sized to prevent condensation.

• Lighting: Provide weather-resistant LED lighting with 30 fc average maintained.

• Thermal Insulation: Manufacturer's standard materials and thickness selected in coordination with space heater to maintain winter interior temperature within operating limits required by engine generator components.

• Muffler Location: Within enclosure.

• Engine-Cooling Airflow through Enclosure: Maintain temperature rise of system components within required limits when unit operates at 100 percent of rated load for two hours with ambient temperature at top of range specified in system service conditions.

• Louvers: Fixed-engine, cooling-air inlet, and discharge. Stormproof and drainable louvers prevent entry of rain and snow.

• Automatic Dampers: At engine cooling-air inlet and discharge. Dampers shall be closed to reduce enclosure heat loss in cold weather when unit is not operating.

• Ventilation: Provide temperature-controlled exhaust fan interlocked to prevent operation when engine is running.

• Interior Lights with Switch: Factory-wired, vapor-proof luminaires within housing; arranged to illuminate controls and accessible interior. Arrange for external electrical connection.

• AC lighting system and connection point for operation when remote source is available.

• Convenience Outlets: Factory-wired, GFCI. Arrange for external electrical connection.

VIBRATION ISOLATION DEVICES

• Rubber Sandwich isolator pads mounted between the engine and generator mounting feet and the ridged frame shall be utilized.

• Vibration isolation devices shall not be used to accommodate misalignments or to make bends.

FINISHES

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• Indoor and Outdoor Enclosures and Components: Manufacturer's standard finish over corrosion-resistant pretreatment and compatible primer.

SOURCE QUALITY CONTROL

• Prototype Testing: Factory test engine generator using same engine model, constructed of identical or equivalent components, and equipped with identical or equivalent accessories.

• Tests: Comply with IEEE 115 and with NFPA 110, Level 1 Energy Converters.

• Project-Specific Equipment Tests: Before shipment, factory test engine generator and other system components and accessories manufactured specifically for this Project. Perform tests at rated load and power factor.

Include the following tests:

• Test components and accessories furnished with the unit that are not identical to those on tested prototype to demonstrate compatibility and reliability.

• Test generator, exciter, and voltage regulator as a unit.

• Full load run.

• Maximum power.

• Voltage regulation.

• Transient and steady-state governing.

• Single-step load pickup.

• Safety shutdown.

• Provide 14 days' advance notice of tests and opportunity for observation of tests by Owner's representative.

• Report factory test results within 10 days of completion of test.

AMENDMENTS

CAL FIRE reserves the right to execute written amendments to decrease quantity of goods upon mutual agreement with the awarded Bidder, and to increase for time if needed, while remaining within the Scope of Work of the original solicitation.

INQUIRIES/ QUESTIONS

Written, comments and concerns must be submitted to Kamarrian.Jordan@fire.ca.gov and received by 2PM PST on 3/17/2026. CAL FIRE’s response to all written questions, comments or concerns will be provided by 4PM PST on 3/20/2026. Any bidder questions, or concerns submitted after the scheduled time, CAL FIRE will attempt to address but cannot guarantee a response after the due date.

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Cost Quote Sheet

Cost Quote Sheet for RFQ # 1PA4A00614 for Diesel Generator. Please included a detailed breakdown of costs with this bid:

This is a direct solicitation to California Certified Small Businesses (SB) with a DGS Certification ID Number and is in an Approved status. Bids from non-certified SBs will not be accepted!

Description of Product Unit Cost Quantity Extension Cost

Diesel Generator, SPF, 3I3KVA, 480Volt, zhase, 4 Wire, 60 I lertz, 1800 RPM 1618-gallon subbase fuel tank

Shipping and Handling Cost All freight/shipping charges over $50 require a supporting prepaid freight bill prior to freight payment

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Only bids quoted on CAL FIRE’s Cost Quote Sheet will be considered. Bids submitted referencing attachments which include legal terms and conditions that conflict with the State’s General Provisions will be considered non-responsive and will be rejected.

The Cost Quote Sheet will be used solely for computing the cost as a fair and equitable formula to determine the low bidder and is not bidding on the contracting agency.

However, the actual costs quoted within the cost sheet will be binding for the term of the Agreement, once awarded.

This solicitation will be awarded on an “All or None” basis to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder meeting all administrative and technical requirements, terms, and conditions of this solicitation. In the event of a tie, a coin toss will be permissible tiebreaker. Such event will be conducted by the Procurement Official and observed by a state employee as a witness.