Opportunity
Alaska Online Public Notices #RFI 27025
Cook Inlet Power Link: HVDC submarine cable supply and installation
Posted
October 15, 2026
Identifier
RFI 27025
NAICS
237130, 335929, 335921
The Alaska Energy Authority is gathering supplier qualifications and technical and budgetary information for submarine cabling on the Cook Inlet Power Link HVDC project. - Buyer: Alaska Energy Authority (AEA), within the Alaska Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development. - Requested scope: Supply a preferred 100 kV high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) submarine cable system and install the submarine cable system. - Cable monitoring: The HVDC cable is expected to include embedded fiber optics for monitoring, such as distributed temperature sensing. Fiber count and type are not specified; respondents are asked to recommend a configuration. - Separate communications cable: A standalone submarine fiber-optic cable is contemplated to provide an independent communications path. A reference to 48 single-mode fibers and steel armor is not established as a requirement. Anticipated landfall connections include fiber-optic distribution or patch panels and interconnection to overhead-line OPGW. - OEMs and vendors: No cable manufacturers, OEMs, or resellers are named in the notice. No part numbers, fixed quantities, or final cable configurations are provided. - Opportunity context: This is an information-gathering and prequalification request, not a bid or commitment to proceed with a procurement.
Description
Alaska Energy Authority invites interested parties to submit information for prequalification and technical and budgetary pricing for submarine cable supply and installation for the Cook Inlet Power Link High Voltage Direct Current project. The notice is for information-gathering, procurement planning, and prequalification purposes; it is not an invitation to bid or a commitment to proceed with procurement. The attached Addendum 1 states that there are no revisions to the RFI and provides answers to proposer questions about embedded and separate submarine fiber-optic cables.