# City of Columbia Ionwave #97/2026

Turbine and generator maintenance and repair services for City of Columbia power plants

**Posted:** October 27, 2026
**Respond By:** November 27, 2026
**Identifier:** 97/2026
**NAICS:** 811310

The City of Columbia is seeking turbine and generator maintenance and repair services for its municipal power facilities.
- **Government buyer:** City of Columbia, Missouri, Water & Light Department, Purchasing Division; procurement officer Brittany Miller.
- **Facilities and equipment:** Columbia Energy Center has four **GE (General Electric) Frame 6B combustion turbines**. Columbia Municipal Power Plant has a **Westinghouse 171 combustion turbine** and a **GE 35 MW steam turbine generator**.
- **OEMs and other named organizations:** **General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, and Alstom** are identified in connection with equipment or inspections. The pricing schedule calls for an **Alstom Type T214-234** generator inspection. Ameren is mentioned as the historical builder of the Columbia Energy Center, not as a proposed contractor.
- **Requested work:** Preventive and unplanned maintenance, inspection, repair, replacement, and installation for turbines, generators, exciters, controls, balance-of-plant equipment, and related systems. Work may include supplying qualified staff, tools, parts, and on-site supervision.
- **Component pricing:** Per-occurrence inspection and light, medium, and heavy repair pricing is requested for primary and secondary fuel nozzles, combustion liners, transition pieces, bull horn brackets, flow sleeves, Stage 1 nozzles, Stage 2 and 3 nozzles, and Stage 1, 2, and 3 turbine buckets.
- **Named inspections:** One GE 6B combustion inspection and one Alstom Type T214-234 generator inspection are requested during the contract period. GE 6B borescope inspections are priced per unit; quantities are not specified. Mobilization and demobilization are priced separately for the combustion and generator inspections, with travel-related expenses separately priced for borescope work.
- **Labor and pricing requirements:** Rates are requested for 14 classifications, including up to two contractor-proposed classifications, across straight-time, overtime, and Sunday/holiday/emergency work. Separate prevailing-wage and non-prevailing-wage rates are requested; the pricing schedule assigns 10 evaluation hours to each rate entry.
- **Notable technical work:** Component scopes include visual and dimensional checks, flow testing, weld repair, non-destructive testing, coating work, and turbine-part refurbishment. Generator testing includes electrical tests of stator and rotor windings and RTD tests.
- **Contract term and commercial terms:** One-year initial term with four one-year renewal options, for up to five years; the agreement may not exceed five years and three months. Bidders provide fixed percentage markups for equipment rentals, projects over $50,000, materials and consumables, and materials and parts, plus maximum annual price increases for contract years two through five.
- **Value and quantities:** No contract value or repair-occurrence quantities are provided; only the two specified inspections have a stated quantity of one.

### Description

The City of Columbia is seeking proposals for combustion and steam turbine generator maintenance services. The work includes preventative and unplanned maintenance for gas turbines, generators, exciters, control systems, balance of plant, and other systems at the Columbia Energy Center and Columbia Municipal Power Plant. The contract has an initial one-year term with four one-year renewal options. Proposals may be submitted electronically or as sealed hard copies by November 27, 2026, at 5:00 PM Central Time.

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