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What the bid is for
Provide technical support and serve as an Owner’s Engineer for one or more Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (“EPC”) contracts, under which the selected EPC contractor(s) will be responsible for detailed design, equipment procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning. Owner’s Engineer shall support all engineering disciplines associated with Transmission projects including Electrical, Structural/Civil, T-line, and Protection and Control.
The specific number, location, capacity, and schedule of individual projects under this program will be defined by the Owner and may be issued as individual task orders or project assignments under a master services agreement. The Owner anticipates that the Professional may support multiple concurrent projects and multiple EPC contractors over the term of the engagement.
Scope
Projects may involve but are not limited to the following:
- Major 138 kV – 765 kV Transmission infrastructure improvement projects including Substation Additions and Upgrades
- Transmission Line Upgrades
- Gas Insulated Substations (GIS), including new substation builds and GIS retrofits or expansions of existing air-insulated substations
- Flexible AC Transmission System (FACTS) infrastructure projects including Synchronous condensers and associated auxiliary systems for reactive power support and system inertia
- Static synchronous compensators (STATCOM) and static VAR compensators (SVC)
- Other Flexible Alternating Current Transmission System (FACTS) solutions, including Series and shunt compensation devices.
- Associated balance-of-plant, protection and control, communications, and interconnection facilities necessary to support the above technologies
The Professional will act as a technical extension of the Owner's engineering team. The scope of services is anticipated to include, but is not limited to, the following:
Project Definition and Technical Documentation
- Identification and documentation of project goals, functional requirements, and design criteria
- Review of EPC contractor’s deliverables for compliance with the Owner's engineering standards, design guidelines, and material specifications
- Preparation and publication of technical documents and performance specifications
- Performance of engineering studies (e.g., power flow, short circuit, stability, insulation coordination, protection coordination, and related studies) as needed to support design criteria and performance specifications
- Development and review of conceptual design models, one-line diagrams, general arrangement drawings, and layout drawings
Design Build RFx Support
- Evaluation of EPC contractor technical proposals to verify that they are capable of meeting the requirements in the design criteria package.
- Preparation of recommended responses to EPC requests for information (RFIs) during the solicitation process
Project Execution, Monitoring, and Risk Management
- Monitoring of EPC project execution, progress, and schedule against contractual milestones
- Identification of technical, schedule, and execution risks, and preparation of recommended mitigation solutions
- Review of quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) programs, checklists, and inspection procedures
- Regular reporting to the Owner on project status, risks, and EPC performance
- Preparation of recommended responses to EPC RFIs during execution
- Facilitate document control during the execution stage.
Construction, Testing, and Commissioning Support
- Monitor construction activities for conformance with design documents, performance specifications, and applicable codes and standards
- Attendance and witnessing factory acceptance tests (FATs) for major equipment, including GIS, synchronous condensers, STATCOM, and other FACTS equipment
- Support field testing and project commissioning activities
- Review the EPC contractor's work for conformance to the performance specification and to construction and commissioning test requirements
- Support of punch-list development and resolution, and the preparation of opinion as to whether requirements for Substantial Completion have been met
General
- Serving as a technical representative in meetings, correspondence, and technical dealings with the EPC contractor(s)
- Supporting change order and claims evaluation from a technical perspective
- Coordinating with the Owner's internal engineering, operations, and project management personnel throughout the project lifecycle
