Canadian utility BC Hydro seeks bids for engineering design services to refurbish Salmon River Diversion Dam in British Columbia. Bids are due July 17.
Salmon River Diversion Dam diverts water from the Salmon River via a canal into Brewster Lake and Lower Campbell Lake where it is used for power generation by the 47-MW Ladore hydroelectric project and the 126-MW John Hart project. A fish screen downstream of the diversion intake directs out-migrating salmonid smolts back into the Salmon River, while a fish ladder at the intake allows salmon spawners access to the watershed upstream of the dam.
BC Hydro is carrying out a project to improve or replace those structures to increase the efficiency of the upstream passage and downstream passage mitigation. Engineering design services are required to advance design of preferred upstream fish passage options, the downstream fish screen, flow and debris control and improvements at the dam and canal to feasibility-level design.
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 1867. To obtain bid documents, bidders must register with BC Bid and deliver a signed confidentiality agreement to Norma David, BC Hydro, at e-mail [email protected].
Bids may be submitted via the BC Bid site until 11 a.m., Pacific time, July 17. For information, contact Purchasing Department, Quotations, BC Hydro and Power Authority, Bid Station (main floor), 6911 Southpoint Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia V3N 4X8 Canada; (1) 604-623-4346; E-mail: [email protected]; Internet: www.bcbid.gov.bc.ca, www.bchydro.com.
