Opportunity: Poncha Substation Service

Description 

Poncha Substation Service is a multi-part project to increase the reliability of the Poncha substation service feed and provide backup power to help decrease station service outages. The principal components of work include the following: a. Provide demolition and site development. b. Furnish and install main station service equipment consisting of pad mount transformer, safety switches, automatic transfer switch, backup generator, and main AC switchboard. c. Furnish and install over the trench distribution panels inside control building. d. Furnish and install gas cart safety switches. e. Furnish and install LP tank and generator pad. f. Remove and dispose of two (2) existing pad mount transformers designated K1 and K2 with associated equipment. g. Furnish and install grounding systems, conduit, and insulated cable. h. Install associated cable terminations.

Overview 
Reference number: 89503226BWA000080
Issue date: 06/23/2026
Response due: 08/07/2026 04:00 PM US/Eastern

Set Aside:
NAICS: 237130-Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction
PSC / FSC: Y1PZ-CONSTRUCTION OF OTHER NON-BUILDING FACILITIES

Agency: DOE

Contracting office:

Western Rocky Mountain Region
WAPA (RMR)
US DOE/Western Area Power
5555 E. Crossroads Blvd
Loveland, CO 80539-8986


Place of Performance:




Contact: John Pratt
Phone:
Fax:
Email: jpratt@wapa.gov

Vendors conference: 07/01/2026
10:00 AM

Location:

Poncha Substation

Details:

RSVP - NLT 29 June 2025 [Must RSVP by this date if you plan to attend the site visit](RSVP email: Mr. Bronson Perry, Engineering Field Supervisor, bperry@wapa.gov and cc'd Mr. John Pratt, Contracting Officer, jpratt@wapa.gov) Poncha Substation 11345 County Road 206 Salida, CO 81201 Directions: From Salida, Colorado, take U.S. Highway 285 (South) 0.8 miles towards Monte Vista, Colorado. Turn right (West) on County Road 206; then immediately turn left (West); go 0.2 miles. After passing a private road on the left you will reach a fork in the road. Go left through the locked gate 0.5 miles to Poncha Substation (Poncha Communication Site is located inside the Substation building).



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