Imperial Valley press., 1939-06-29
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
Ell Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
PROJECT
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Specifications No. lib
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

PROJECT
Specifications No. lib
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Imperial lrri-
CATION District will receive bids TO
the construction of Drop No. 3 Hy-
droelectric Power Plant, located on
the All American Canal about
twenty (20 miles east OF Calexico,
California, which will include fur
nishing material and labor for
building the power plant and ap.
purtenant features, also installing,
ready for operation and test, all
OF the hydraulic, electric and mech
anical apparatus; each bid to be in
accordance with Plans, Detail Spe.
cifications and other contract docu-
ments comprising Specifications No.
lib, now on file at the office OF the
Board of Directors of Imperial 1r-
rigation District at El Centre, Cali
fonia, where they may be examined
and copies obtained upon deposit
of $40 per set, which deposit will be
refunded upon the return of such
copies in good condition within
five days after the bids are opened.
The principal items of work and
materials involved are approx
mately as follows:
Excavaling Earth Substa-
station Site and Roads
Gu. Yds. .....................-..........-.. 1000
Driving Ten 10) concrete
Piles. .............................L Lin. Ft. 500
Placing Concrete Power
House and Appurtenant
structures ......... Gu. YdS. CABS
Furnishing and Installing
Reinforcing Steel w Lbs. $40, 300
Furnishing and Installing
Structural Steel, Iron,
Crane Rails. Trash
Racks, Gratings an d
other Metal Parts, in
Guiding S u b a ion
Structures ............... Lbs. 2O9,00O
Installing Radial Gates
with Hoist Equipment,
Draft Tube Bulkhead
Gates, Tanks and Mis-
cellaneous Pumps and
Motor Equipment . lbs. ISL 900
Installing Embedded and
Exposed Pipes and Fit
tings. .................... ........ lbs. l04 ,25J
Furnishing and Installing
Metal and Fiber con- .--
duit ............................... it. l6,375
Installing Gables for Gen.
orator Leads to Trans
former Bank and All
Station Power and light
Circuits and Grounding
Wires ........................ lbs. 29,oOo
Installing the 50-ton Travelling
Crane and the Bulkhead Gate
Crane.
Installing the 7500-horsepower
Vertical Turbine, including
embedded parts, governor and
6,000-kva generator.
Installing the Main Control
Switchboard and all other
Electric Control Equipment,
Wiring, Lights, and Accessor-
les.
Installing Power Transformers,
Oil-Circuit Breaker, and all
Accessories in the outdoor
Substation
Furnishing and Installing all
Miscellaneous Building Sup
plies and Materials, Pipes,
Plumbing Fixtures, Lumber,
Hardware and Paint neces-
sary to complete the work.
Bidders attention is called to tn
fact that the work to be done Is
a part of power project to be
financed by a loan and grant to
the District from the Federal En-
ergency Administration of Public
Works (PWA Docket No. Calf. 1888
-2-P-D), and the award of the
contract will be contingent upon
securing funds from such source.
Bidders are hereby notified that
pursuant to the statutes of the State
of California, or local law thereto
applicable, the Board of Directors
of Imperial Irrigation District has
aScertained the general prevailing
rate of per diem wages and rates
for legal holiday and overtime
work in the locality in which the
work of constructing the power
plant, erection and installation of
the apparatus and-or equipment is
to be performed. The apparatus
and-or equipment will be delivered
fob. cars at Holtville or Calexico,
California. "
The prevailing rates, so deter
mined for each craft or type of
workman or mechanic needed to
the contract which will be
awarded the successful bidder, are
as follows:
Per Hrly
Diem Wage
Trade or Occupation Wage Rate
Blacksmiths, skilled S $50 $l1O
BlackNmiths' helpers 4.80 go
............. $50 LILO
.........-... 900 l.125
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