# Lodi Civicplus #134

City of Lodi Electric Utility procurement for two 230/60 kV substation autotransformers and related services

**Posted:** October 15, 2026
**Respond By:** December 08, 2026
**Identifier:** 134
**NAICS:** 335311

The City of Lodi Electric Utility is seeking two high-capacity substation autotransformers and the equipment and services needed to deliver, install, test, and commission them.
- **Government buyer:** City of Lodi, California — City of Lodi Electric Utility (LEU/EUD); the procurement document also identifies the Electric Utility Director.
- **Primary equipment:** Two new three-phase 230/60 kV autotransformers for Guild Substation. The technical specification describes a 240,000 kVA unit with a 12.5 kV delta tertiary, 145/193/240 MVA capacity, and a 60 kV-side load tap changer (LTC). The detailed specification lists one transformer configuration, while the solicitation requests two units.
- **Named OEMs and specified manufacturers:** **Reinhausen** (RMV II 2500 LTC and TAPMOTION MD-III drive); **SEL** (SEL-2414 controls); **PCORE** (specified bushings); **Qualitrol** (temperature and pressure monitoring equipment); **Waukesha** and **Messko** (dehydrating breathers); **Menk USA**, **TTP**, and **Trantor** (radiators); **Krenz-vent** and **Paradoxe** (cooling fans); and **Pelsue** (fall-arrest system compatibility). The specification permits approved equivalents for certain components.
- **Other specified equipment:** Transformer and LTC current transformers; insulating oil; cooling equipment; fall-prevention system; accessories, controls, spare parts, and special tools. Refer to the line-item lists for quantities, part numbers, and specifications.
- **Services requested:** Design, manufacture, assembly, factory testing and test witnessing; shipping, insurance, transportation, delivery and placement; field assembly, oil processing, testing, commissioning, and startup support; documentation, warranty and lifecycle support; and optional storage or schedule-deferral arrangements. The proposal form also requests pricing for installation, engineer days, off-loading, testing, weather wrap, and spare bushings.
- **Notable requirements:** Meet the detailed technical specification; provide high-seismic qualification, including a California-licensed structural engineer’s signed and stamped structural report; identify manufacturers, models, manufacturing locations, and technical deviations; and provide production-capacity, quality, reliability, reference, schedule-risk, and field-support information. Pricing must separately identify the base amount, payment milestones, options, spare parts, service rates, and storage or deferral costs.
- **Schedule:** Contract execution is anticipated in the first quarter of 2027. Target delivery is mid-2030 to early 2031; the contract end date and service duration are not specified.

### Description

The City of Lodi Electric Utility (LEU) requests proposals from qualified manufacturers or authorized suppliers to furnish, test, transport, and deliver two new 230/60 kV auto-transformers for the Guild Substation in Lodi, California. The work includes manufacturing and factory testing the units and specified accessories, delivery and on-site field services for assembly, oil processing, field testing, and commissioning, as well as documentation and warranty support. The transformers must meet the technical specification in Exhibit 1; the target delivery period is July 2030 through January 2031, subject to project schedule and deferral provisions. Proposals are due December 7, 2026, before 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time, via the stated submission portal.

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