South State 46kV Tubular Steel Structures

The Utah Public Procurement Place has issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB) numbered PROVOPO20198868 for the South State 46kV Tubular Steel Structures project, seeking two critical electrical infrastructure components for a distribution substation. The procurement specifically requires one East 46kV Tubular Steel Structure and one West 46kV Tubular Steel Structure, each designed to support a double circuit 12kV underbuild configuration that will feed 90 degrees into and out of the substation. The bid solicitation was posted on June 17, 2019, with a closing deadline of July 3, 2019, at 2:00 PM MDT, and the primary bid contact is Tad Smallcomb from Provo. Commodity codes associated with this procurement include tubes, tubing, tube fittings (Code 40180) and alloys such as basic and stainless steel (Code 11170). The procurement will be conducted through the Utah Public Procurement Place (U3P) platform, with bid documents, specifications, drawings, and PLS-Pole Files included as attachments to support vendor preparation.

No specific set-aside designations or restrictions on vendor participation were mentioned in the procurement documents. The solicitation appears to be open to all qualified vendors without explicit limitations on business size, type, or disadvantaged enterprise status. While no incumbent vendors or current contractors were identified, the project involves integrating new steel structures into an existing electrical distribution infrastructure. The procurement documents do not specify a precise award value or budget range for the project. All bids will be submitted in US Dollars, and there are no prerequisites required to view the event or submit a bid. Interested vendors can access the full solicitation details, including technical specifications and drawing files, through the Utah Public Procurement Place platform to prepare their submissions for the July 3, 2019 deadline.