The Metropolitan Council of the seven-county area of the twin cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota intends to solicit bids to provide electrical maintenance services for its Environmental Services division (MCES) in September 2006. The services will be provided at five MCES wastewater treatment facilities located in the twin cities metropolitan area with a combined wastewater flow on the order of 200 million gallons per day and a combined electrical load on the order of 20 megawatts.

The scope of services is expected to include the maintenance of electrical distribution equipment such as automatic and manual transfer switches, substations, switchgear, transformers and cables up to 15kV, distribution panelboards, feeders, busducts and transformers, ground fault protection systems, and motor control centers. Services will be provided for an initial period of three years, with two additional one-year options.

The solicitation process will include a prequalification requirement to identify contractors with previous experience in the successful performance of these services. Prequalified contractors will be invited to submit a bid for the services.

All firms interested in being considered for this project and desiring to receive further information are invited to submit a request to: