# Santa Clara Valley Water District PlanetBids #VW0732

Install District-furnished standby generator and ATS at Bailey Avenue Line Valve Vault

**Posted:** September 29, 2026
**Respond By:** October 30, 2026
**Identifier:** VW0732
**NAICS:** 238210

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking installation of a District-furnished standby generator and automatic transfer switch at its Bailey Avenue Line Valve Vault in San Jose.
- **Buyer and offices:** Santa Clara Valley Water District, including Treated Water Operations and Maintenance Division, Unit 545 – Utility Electrical and Control Systems; Purchasing Services Unit #820; Purchasing and Consultant Contracts Services Unit; and General Services Division.
- **Equipment:** One 25 kVA permanent standby generator and one 100A automatic transfer switch (ATS), both furnished by the District and excluded from the contractor’s equipment price. No equipment model or required brand is identified.
- **Installation and integration:** Install and connect the equipment, including concrete pad work, mounting, wiring, raceways, supports, trenching, utility locating, and locked outdoor security fencing. Provide remote-start capability for Operations staff and integrate system status and alarms with District SCADA. Backup power serves the Bailey Avenue vault and two connected locations: Calero Turnout Blockhouse and Calero Flowmeter Vault.
- **Ten lump-sum work packages:** Mobilization and field verification; submittals and permitting; generator and ATS installation; trenching and site modifications; equipment security; SCADA and remote-start integration; testing and commissioning; site restoration and cleanup; as-built and closeout documentation; and project management, safety, code compliance, and incidental work.
- **Notable requirements:** Contractor must have at least five years of generator installation, testing, and commissioning experience, a valid California C10 electrical contractor license, and current California DIR registration. The project is subject to California public-works prevailing-wage requirements. Site visits and access to specified reference materials require an approved NDA. Provide functional testing, commissioning, maintainability demonstration, and as-built records.
- **OEM and named businesses:** **Generac** is the only identifiable equipment manufacturer named, appearing in the prospective-bidder listing as “Energy Systems/Generac”; however, no Generac equipment is specified. Other named prospective bidders or organizations are 4 POINT POWER, INC.; ARIZONA PIPELINE COMPANY; AVIATE ENTERPRISES, INC.; Blocka Construction, Inc.; BOCKMON & WOODY ELECTRIC CO., INC.; Brown & Fesler, Inc.; CA Traffic Solution; Central Coast Builders Assoc; Elecco, Inc.; Energy Systems; Exponential Power; GovGuide; Koffler Electrical Mechanical Apparatus Repair, LLC; Pacific Industrial Electric; Pacific River Construction Inc; Pramira; Rubio Builders Inc; Sprig Electric Co; The San Francisco Builders Exchange; and Vince Sigal Electric, Inc. These listings do not establish a selected contractor or required OEM. USA North 811 is identified for utility locating.
- **Schedule:** Substantial completion is required within 16 weeks after Notice to Proceed; no calendar start or end date is specified.

### Description

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking bids to install a District-furnished 25 KVA permanent standby generator and 100A automatic transfer switch at the Bailey Avenue Line Valve Vault. The system will provide backup power to existing site loads, offer remote-start capability for Operations staff, and integrate status and alarms with the District’s SCADA system. The work includes equipment installation, concrete pad and raceway work, trenching, security fencing, SCADA components, permitting, testing and commissioning, site restoration, and as-built documentation. Bidders must have at least five years of generator installation experience, a valid California C10 electrical contractor license, and current California DIR registration.

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