Variable Frequency Drive Maintenance Services

Project Description: The City plans to contract with one or more Companies to provide routine preventive maintenance and repair services (Services) for approximately 50 Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs), ranging from 208 volts to 460 volts, located at various City facilities (Project). Brand names include ABB, Danfoss, Mitsubishi, Schneider Electric, and Yaskawa. The City uses VFDs in various applications involving pumps and fans for HVAC systems to achieve energy savings. The City is seeking firms whose combination of experience and expertise will provide professional, timely, and cost-effective services to the City.
VFDs will be checked as needed for a full service of the VFD (cleaning, replacement parts, etc.), and involve inspection, testing, and reporting on each VFD’s condition.
The Company shall provide Services at various locations as needed. No representation or guarantee is made regarding the quantity of work to be awarded under any as-needed service contract. A Company may be awarded multiple tasks or none at all. It is not anticipated that any single task will exceed $50,000.
The City will issue Task Orders with details concerning the services to be provided by the Company. Each Task Order will identify key staff who will be assigned by the Company to work on the specific project identified in the Task Order. Workers must have in their possession appropriate personal protection equipment.