Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant KW1A Transformer Repair and Bushing Replacement RFP

The Central Arizona Water Conservation District ("CAWCD") is soliciting Request for Proposals (RFP) for Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant KW1A Transformer Repair and Bushing Replacement in accordance with solicitation documents C115335.

Background

The Central Arizona Water Conservation District (CAWCD) is a multi-county water conservation district and political subdivision of the state of Arizona organized pursuant to A.R.S. §48-3701 et seq. for the purposes, among others, of contracting with the United States for the delivery of Central Arizona Project (CAP) water, repayment of CAP costs and operation and maintenance of the CAP aqueduct.
The CAP is designed to bring about 1.5 million acre-feet of Colorado River water per year to Pima, Pinal and Maricopa counties. The CAP carries water from Lake Havasu to the southern boundary of the San Xavier Indian Reservation southwest of Tucson. It is a 336-mile long system of aqueducts, tunnels, pumping plants and pipelines and is the largest single resource of renewable water supplies in the state of Arizona.

Project Details

• Reference ID: C115335
• Department: Procurement-Goods & Services
• Department Head: Maria Hernandez (Maria Hernandez)

Important Dates

• Questions Due: 2026-06-16T22:00:00.000Z

Evaluation Criteria

• Technical Compliance, Understanding & Approach (25 pts)
• Experience and Expertise (20 pts)
• Timeline, Project Management and Schedule (20 pts)
• Quality Assurance & Warranty (15 pts)
• Proposal Quality (10 pts)
• Price (10 pts)

Submission Requirements

• Proposal Requirements (required) —

  Did you read through and confirm that you met all of the proposal requirements including the sections:

  1. General Conditions
  2. Special Provisions and Specifications
• Proposal Documents (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE Proposal here, which includes the following:

  1. Bid Summary
  2. Statement of Experience and Qualifications
  3. Non-Collusion Declaration
• Proposal (without Cost Proposal) (required) —

  Please Upload your COMPLETE (Volume 1, Technical Proposal) including questionnaire, here. Upload fee proposal separately in the next step.

• Separate Cost Proposal (required) —

  Confirm that your fee proposal (Volume 2, Pricing) is not attached in your Proposal and is attached separately here.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Each bid shall be accompanied by a certified cashier’s check, or bid bond, in the amount of XXXXXof the total bid price, payable toCentral Arizona Project, as a guarantee that the bidder, if its bid is accepted, will promptly execute the Agreement. The bidder shall guarantee the total bid price for a period of 60 days from the date of the bid opening.

  Please scan and upload a copy of your bid bond/cashier's check. Bidder must also MAIL bid guarantee with a postmarked date no later thanWednesday, June 24, 2026 addressed to:

  Central Arizona Project
  Kyle Talbert
  23636 N 7th St
  Phoenix,AZ85024

  Please have the Bidder Name, Contract Title ("Mark Wilmer Pumping Plant KW1A Transformer Repair and Bushing Replacement RFP"), and Contract Number ("C115335") listed clearly on the outside of the envelope.

• Contract Execution, Payment Bond, Performance Bond, and Certificate(s) of Insurance (required) —

  The contract shall be executed by the successful bidder and shall be returned, together with the Payment Bond, Performance Bond and Certificate(s) of Insurance to Central Arizona Project so that it is received within 14 working daysafter the bidder has received the contract for execution. Failure to do so shall be just cause for forfeiture of the proposal guaranty.

• Bid Bond (required) —

  Will this solicitation require a bid bond?

• Electronic Pricing Table (required) —

  Would you like to have bidders respond to an electronic pricing table through ProcureNow?

  Some examples of of when to say "yes":

  1. This is a quote for goods or commodities
  2. This is a public works bid, with a pricing table that can be uploaded into ProcureNow from an excel spreadsheet
  3. Seeking services for hourly rate schedules
• Separate Fee Proposal Upload (required) —

  If you are NOT using the Electronic Pricing Table option, will you want your bidder to separate a Price Proposal from the rest of their Response? You'll want to do this if you open your bids initially WITHOUT showing price, and then come back in after a technical evaluation to unseal pricing later.

• Evaluation Committee? (required) —

  Will there be an evaluation committee to review the proposals and score them based on weights and multiple criteria?