REVISED_Equipment_list_2025_(1).xlsx

This is an equipment list and bid schedule document for the City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) Electric Substation Equipment Painting project. The document itemizes all equipment requiring painting services across seven substations: Adobe Creek, Colorado, Maybell, Hansen Way, Hanover, Park Boulevard, and Quarry. The Colorado Substation represents the largest scope with 29 items, while the remaining six substations contain between 3 and 10 items each. Equipment types include transformers, circuit breakers (both oil-cooled and gas-cooled), switchgear, capacitor houses, control cabinets, dead-end structures, steel poles, and auxiliary structures manufactured by companies including Allis Chalmers, RTE, Federal Pacific, Peterson, Siemens, ABB, Westinghouse, GE, McGraw Edison, BBC, National Industries, KHULMAN, Delta Star, Elliott, and Ohio Brass. The non-mandatory pre-bid meeting and site walk is scheduled for April 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. at the Colorado Substation. Written questions must be submitted by April 17, 2026, at 1:00 p.m., and electronic bids are due April 24, 2026, at 3:00 p.m. through the City's OpenGov procurement portal. Work is anticipated to commence July 1, 2026, with completion required within 1,095 working days from the Notice to Proceed.

The engineering estimate for Year 1 painting costs totals $840,500 across all seven substations, with Colorado at $209,500, Hansen Way at $150,000, Quarry at $167,000, Park Boulevard at $99,000, Maybell at $70,000, Hanover at $58,000, and Adobe Creek at $87,000, plus $100,000 in mobilization costs for a Year 1 project total of approximately $940,500. Subsequent annual expenditures are estimated between $274,000 and $327,000 over a four-year project timeline. The bid document specifies that contractors must provide bid bonds of no less than 10 percent of the aggregate bid amount for bids exceeding $25,000, and performance and payment surety bonds each in the amount of 100 percent of the contract sum within 10 business days of award. Liquidated damages are assessed at $500 per day for failure to achieve final completion within the contract time. The City retains 10 percent of undisputed amounts on each progress payment, with payment due within thirty days of receipt of properly submitted applications. All contractors must be California state licensed, comply with California prevailing wage requirements, and maintain registration with the California Department of Industrial Relations. No specific set-aside designations or incumbent contractors are identified in the documentation.