Santa Clara Valley Water District PlanetBids #VW0725

Rebuild Pump 12 and 24-inch cone valve at Pacheco Pumping Plant

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking a contractor to rebuild Pump 12 and its 24-inch cone valve at the Pacheco Pumping Plant, using legacy equipment documents as technical references. - Government buyer: Santa Clara Valley Water District (Valley Water), Purchasing Services Unit #820; contract documents identify its General Services Division. The Bureau of Reclamation’s Division of Construction supplied reference manuals for the plant’s valve system. - Requested work: One lump-sum project to document, remove, transport, disassemble, inspect, rebuild, reinstall, and test Pump 12 and its 24-inch cone valve. Contractor provides labor, materials, tools, equipment, transportation, supervision, and management; no new-equipment quantities or replacement part numbers are specified. - OEMs and manufacturers named: Allis-Chalmers (including its Valve Division; Rotovalve is the identified valve product line), Ebara Corporation, Parker, Crane, Cuno, Deltrol, Gemco/Bemco Electric, Marshalltown Instruments, American Steel and Iron Works, Quincy, Worthington, Versa, and Baldor. The documents do not require these manufacturers to supply new equipment. Specific legacy references include a Class 250, 24-inch Allis-Chalmers Rotovalve; Quincy Series OR25, Model 0-310 compressor; Worthington Model 3GAR oil pump; Parker F1600 flow-control valve and MV400S needle valve; Versa TSG 4722 H 500 MU 3 TC four-way solenoid valve; Cuno TG-IGH-1 filter; and Baldor 3 HP motors. - Notable requirements: Use a trained, certified supervisory-level mechanic; comply with prevailing-wage and certified-payroll requirements; coordinate scheduling, progress, and witness inspections; and submit specified equipment, welding-certification, quality-plan, and ASME-stamp documentation. The contract calls for a one-year workmanship/materials defect guarantee. Insurance requirements include $5 million general and professional liability, $4 million auto and pollution liability, statutory workers’ compensation with $1 million employers’ liability, and builders-risk coverage. Required bonds include a bid bond of at least 10% and performance and payment bonds of at least 100% of contract price. - Reference equipment details: The manual describes hydraulic operators and controls for the discharge valves, including a 10 x 18-inch hydraulic cylinder, an accumulator tank, and associated pumps, motors, filters, and controls. These are documented components, not separately quantified purchase items. - Pricing and schedule: The bid schedule has one lump-sum line item; no contract price or definite project duration is provided. Work is to begin and finish according to a duration to be set in the Notice to Proceed.

Description

Santa Clara Valley Water District is seeking bids for the rebuild of Pump 12 and the 24-inch cone valve at the Pacheco Pumping Plant. The contractor must provide materials, incidentals, auxiliaries, and prevailing-wage labor led by a trained and certified supervisory-level mechanic. Work includes documenting, removing, transporting, disassembling, inspecting, rebuilding, reinstalling, and testing the pump and valve, in coordination with Valley Water staff. A mandatory pre-bid meeting is listed for November 17, 2026, and bids are due electronically by December 8, 2026.

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