Canadian utility BC Hydro seeks bids to conduct dam safety reviews at three dams, including sites of two hydro projects, in its Bridge River generating system in British Columbia. Bids are due April 29.
BC Hydro last year took bids for penstock leak detection at the 180-MW Bridge River 1 hydroelectric project, with options to perform similar work at another five hydro plants. It also took bids for project management of maintenance and capital projects on the four-plant, 492-MW Bridge River generating system. BC Hydro took bids in March for 16 air coolers for the 67.5-MW Strathcona hydroelectric project on the Campbell River.
The utility now seeks bids to conduct dam safety reviews in 2014 for 22-MW La Joie (or Lajoie) Dam, 42-MW Seton Dam, and Terzaghi Dam, which impounds Carpenter Lake to supply two Bridge River generating stations. The other Bridge River generating system plant is 248-MW Bridge River 2.
A solicitation notice may be obtained from British Columbia’s BC Bid Internet site, www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca. Click on Browse, then Browse Using the Advanced Search, Document Number 1806.
Bids may be submitted via the BC Bid site until 11 a.m., Pacific time, April 29. For information, contact Purchasing Department, Quotations, BC Hydro and Power Authority, Bid Station (courier desk/main floor), 333 Dunsmuir St., Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 5R3 Canada; (1) 604-623-4346; E-mail: [email protected]; Internet: www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, www.bchydro.com.
