KBH Sixth Skid Expansion Project

El Paso Water Utilities-Public Service Board (EPWU-PSB) is requesting sealed proposals for the KBH Sixth Skid Expansion Project (CSP 16-26), a water treatment plant equipment installation and construction project, with proposals due September 2, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. Mountain Time and a pre-proposal meeting on August 5, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. via Teams.

The scope encompasses furnishing and installing a third sand strainer unit with control panel, replacing two existing sand strainer control panels, monorail and crane systems for strainer removal, a seventh cartridge filter vessel, a sixth reverse osmosis (RO) skid feed pump, a sixth RO skid with three million gallon per day permeate production capacity including frame, membrane vessels, membranes, interstage booster pump, valves, instruments and accessories, new monorail and crane in the Process Building, variable frequency drives for RO feed and interstage booster pumps, replacement sodium hydroxide and corrosion inhibitor feed pumps, an RO feed bypass vault with flow meter and valves, an additional corrosion inhibitor bulk storage tank, raw water bypass piping with motorized isolation valves, and miscellaneous site and yard piping improvements. Work location is El Paso, Texas.

Minimum qualifications include at least one completed drinking water treatment plant project where the facility remained operational during construction, key personnel with water treatment experience, vertical turbine pump installation experience of 350 horsepower or greater on at least two municipal projects within the last ten years, and a qualified Master Electrician. Prevailing wage requirements apply. The work is partially funded by the United States Bureau of Reclamation and is subject to Buy America Build America Act requirements for non-manufactured products.

Evaluation uses best-value selection: financial capacity (pass/fail), offeror's water treatment plant experience (0–24 points), team experience (0–36 points), project approach (0–30 points), and total proposal price (0–50 points), for a maximum of 140 points. The successful offeror must furnish 100 percent performance and payment bonds and acceptable insurance certificates. Proposal security of 5 percent of the maximum proposal price is required. Sealed proposals must be submitted electronically via EUNA Procurement-IonWave or as three hard copies to 1154 Hawkins Boulevard, El Paso, Texas 79925. Proposals will be opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. on September 2, 2026 via Microsoft Teams. An EPWU Cone of Silence policy prohibits communication regarding proposals between offerors and EPWU Board Members or Staff except through designated purchasing personnel or formal written addenda via IonWave.