U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 3402, ATTN: A1520, 1627 Cole Blvd., Bldg. 18, Golden, CO 80401

61 -- SEQUENTIAL EVENT RECORDERS FOR VARIOUS SUBSTATIONS SOL DE-RP65-95WK18032 DUE 090795 POC Candace L. Thatcher, Contract Specialist, (303) 275-1512, Jon F. Olsen, Contracting Officer. Western Area Power Administration has an initial requirement for 12 rack-mount Sequential Event Recorder Systems. The solicitation will also include options for 6 additional Sequential Event Recorder Systems. The Sequential Event Recorders will be used in a utility substation environment to monitor and record relay and power system equipment alarm and status contacts, including the chronological sequence of occurrence of changes of state of each input contact. Recorder electronics and memory shall be a solid state design having no moving parts. The recorder shall meet or exceed all the latest ANSI requirements for transient and surge protection. The data collected by these recorders will be used by the Power System Dispatchers, Operation Engineers, and Protection Engineers for system fault analysis and system protection verification. This acquisition is unrestricted. All responsible offerors may submit an offer. Issue date is on or about August 7, 1995. Any questions or clarifications received after 3:00 PM (MST), August 25, 1995, may or may not be responded to by the Government, at its discretion. All requests must be in writing. Information hours are from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM (MST), Monday through Friday. (0193)

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