Under the Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Architect-Engineering Services (A-E) contract, which has a maximum value of $25M, MWH will perform project planning, project management, construction management, and related engineering services. The multi-year contract is one year with four sequential option years.
Initially, MWH will provide those services to modernize the 314MW John W. Keys Pump Generating Plant for the Grand Coulee Power Office (GCPO) in Grand Coulee, Wash. The work is expected to improve the availability and reliability of the pump and pump-generating units at the Keys plant and will include updates to integrate variable renewable generation.
“MWH is looking forward to working with the US Bureau of Reclamation on this project,” said Dan McConville, president of the Americas region of MWH. “We have a long history working with Reclamation, including extensive work with the Grand Coulee Power Office, and we’re pleased to support their efforts and commitment to hydroelectric power generation and meeting the water needs of the Pacific Northwest for many years to come.”
As part of this contract, USBR has also awarded MWH the first task order to provide engineering, technical management, project management, and technical support services for the on-going supervisory control and data acquisition systems (SCADA) project at the Keys plant. Other planned activities include modernizing unit circuit breakers, phase reversal switches, exciters, governors, unit controls and unit protection. In addition to the Keys plant, MWH services under this contract are available to all 54 water resources projects in the Pacific Northwest region, as needs arise.
In addition to the new ID/IQ A-E contract, MWH is currently supporting the GCPO and USBR with several other significant projects, including project planning, project management and construction management support for overhauling Grand Coulee Dam’s 4212MW Third Power plant (TPP). The six TPP units have been in service since the mid-1970s and the overhaul is expected to ensure the power plant continues to serve as a reliable, major source of hydroelectric power for the region.
