Hungry Horse Excitation System Replacement

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This solicitation is for the replacement of the excitation system at the Hungry Horse Powerplant, located at Hungry Horse Dam, approximately 4 miles south of Hungry Horse, Montana, in Flathead County. The anticipated magnitude of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $15,000,000.00. This solicitation is 100% set-aside for small businesses under NAICS code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with a small business size standard of $45 million.

• Design, furnish, install, test, and commission replacement excitation systems with fully static digital excitation systems for Generator Units 1, 2, 3, and 4.

• Remove and dispose of existing excitation systems, field breakers, power potential transformers (PPTs), metal-enclosed buses, and associated equipment, as well as existing interface cables, conductors, control, and annunciation cables.

• Furnish and install 15kV and 635V AC metal-enclosed buses, 800V DC metal-enclosed buses, PPTs, low voltage power circuit breakers, instrument transformers, and associated cabling.

• Modify generator terminal tap location and unit protection cabinets.

• Electrically isolate existing rotating DC exciters, remove DC machine stator poles.

• Provide control and power cable, wire, and associated conduits/cable trays for power, control, protection, and alarm circuits.

• Train Government personnel on operation and maintenance of the new excitation system.

• Contract Type: Not explicitly stated, but implied to be fixed-price construction based on FAR clauses referenced.

• Period of Performance: On-site work must be completed within the period of performance. The performance period is 1096 calendar days after the notice to proceed.

• Estimated Value: $5,000,000.00 - $15,000,000.00.

• Proposal Submission Deadline: December 16, 2025, at 1300 MDT.

• Site Visit: Scheduled for October 01, 2025, at 10:00 MT at the Hungry Horse Power Plant.

• Questions: Must be submitted via email to ashleyjohnson@usbr.gov up to 7 days after the site visit. Responses will be posted via amendment.

• Evaluation Criteria: Not detailed in this section, but Section M addresses "Evaluation Factors for Award" and mentions "Price Reasonableness Determination."

• 100% small business set-aside for NAICS 237990.

• Drawings are not included due to sensitive information; request must be made via email with a completed Federal Non-Disclosure Agreement.

• Bid opening will be teleconference on December 16, 2025, at 1300 MDT. Call-in number and conference ID provided.

Solicitation / RFP / RFQ

This solicitation is for the Hungry Horse Excitation System Replacement. The anticipated magnitude of this project is between $5,000,000.00 and $15,000,000.00. This is a 100% set-aside for small business under NAICS code 237990 (Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction) with a small business size standard of $45 million.

• The core requirement is the replacement of the excitation system at the Hungry Horse Power Plant.

• On-site work must be completed within the period of performance.

• The period of performance is 1096 calendar days after receiving notice to proceed.

• Performance bonds are required.

• Offers are due by 12/16/2025 at 1300 local time.

• Offers must be valid for at least 90 calendar days.

• The bid opening will take place on or around December 16, 2025, at 1300 MDT in the Grand Coulee Conference Room 339 at the Columbia Pacific Northwest Regional Office, 1150 N. Curtis Road, Boise, ID 83706.

• A teleconference option is available for the bid opening.

• This solicitation is 100% set-aside for small business.

• NAICS code: 237990 - Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction.

• Small business size standard: $45 million.

• Drawings for this solicitation contain sensitive information and require completion of a Federal Non-Disclosure Agreement to obtain. Email the completed form to Ashley Johnson at ashleyjohnson@usbr.gov with a specific subject line.

• An organized site visit is scheduled for October 01, 2025, at 10:00 MT at the Hungry Horse Power Plant.

• Questions must be submitted via email to ashleyjohnson@usbr.gov within 7 days after the site visit. Responses will be posted via amendment.