Imperial Valley press., 1939-03-09
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION
DISTRICT
Ei Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
PROJECT

DISTRICT
Ei Centre, California
IMPERIAL VALLEY POWER
PROJECT
Specifications No. Is
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of Imperial Irri-
cation District will receive bids for
the construction of the Hydroelec-
trio Power plant, located on the
American Canal about fifteen
(l5) miles east of CaleXico, Cali
fornia, which will include furnishing
material and labor for building the
power plant and appurtenant feat
ures, also installing, ready for oper-
alton and test, all of the hydraulic,
electric and mechanical apparatus;
each bid to be in accordance with
Plans, Detail Specifications and
other contract documents compris-
ing Specifications No. Is, now on
file at the office of the Board OF
Directors of Imperial Irrigation
District at FL Centro, California,
where they may be examined and
copies obtained upon deposit of
$1,000 per set, which deposit will
be refunded upon the return of
such copies in good condition with
in five days after the bids are
opened.
The principal items of work and
materials involved are approximate
ly as follows:
Excavating Earth Substation
Site and Roads ....-... $4,000 cu.yds.
Placing Concrete-PoWer House and
Appurtenant structures $500 Gu.
ydS.
Furnishing and Installing Rein
forcing Steel ......... 8l5,000 lbs.
Furnishing and Installing Struc-
tural Steel, Iron, Crane Rails,
Trash Racks, Gratings and other
Metal Parts, including Substation
Structures .................... 100 1000 lbs.
Installing Radial Gates W h Hoist
Equipment Draft 7 u b e Bulk
head Gates, Tanks, and Miscel-
laneous Pumps and Motor Equip
ment ............................ 128,00O lbs
Installing Embedded and Exposed
Pipes and Fittings, also Draft
Tube Bulkhead Gate Frames
$4,000 lbs
Furnishing and Installing Meta
and Fiber Conduit ... 10000 TT
Installing Gables for Generator
Leads to Transformer Bank and
all Station Power Snd Light Cir
cults ................................ 26,000 lbs
Installing the rs ton Travelling
Crane and the Bulkhead Gate
Crane
Installing the 1890 Horsepower
Vertical Turbine, Including EN-
bedded Parts, Governor, and 12,-
000-kVa Generator.
Installing the Main Control Switch.
board and all other Electric Con.
troll Equipment, Wiring, Light.
i and Accessories.
Installing Power Transformers, Oil.
Circuit Breaker, and all accessor.
les in the outdoor Substation.
Furnishing and Installing all Mis-.
cellaneouS building supplies anc
materials, pipes, plumbing fix.
lures lumber, hardware and pain
necessary TO complete the work.
Bidders attention is called to tn,
fact that. the work to be done j!
a part of a power project to b,
financed by a Loan and Grant t,
the District from Federal Emer.
gency Administration of Publ,
Works (PWA Docket No. Calf. l08'
-P-D), and the award of the con
tract will be contingent upon Sc
curing funds from such source.
Bidders are hereby notified tina
pursuant to the statutes of tn
State of California, or local Law
thereto applicable, the Board o
Directors of Imperial. Irrigation
District has ascertained the genera
prevailing rate of per diem wage
and rates for legal holiday ant
overtime work in the locality il
which the work of constructing
the power plant, erection and in
stallation of the apparatus and-o
equipment is to be performed. TIL,
apparatus and-or equipment will
be delivered fob. cars at Holtvill
or CaleXico, California.
The prevailing rates, so determin
ed for each craft or type of work
man or mechanic needed to execut,
the contract which will be awarded
the successful bidder, are as fol
lows:
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