NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center has awarded a contract to Tri-Technic, Inc., of Sonora, Calif., for repair of the primary electrical distribution system at its campus at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
The firm fixed-price construction contract has a base value of almost $1.3 million, and could be worth up to $5.9 million to the firm if all four options are exercised.
The contract calls for repair or replacement of unsafe, aging or failing electrical components, including transformers, switchgear, circuit breakers and high-voltage conductors. It also calls for installation of two arc-flash reducing 15KV interrupter switches and a new control system at two electrical substations at the center.
In addition, the contract calls for installation of about 13,800 feet of new concrete-encased ducts and 39 new electrical manholes, along with related excavation and trenching.
The contract calls for the work to be completed within one year of the date of the notice to proceed.
Located on the edge of Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards, the Dryden Flight Research Center is NASA’s premier installation for atmospheric flight research. It is chartered to research, develop, verify and transfer advanced aeronautics, space and related technologies and conduct atmospheric Earth and astronomical science flight operations from its main campus at Edwards and its satellite aircraft operations facility in nearby Palmdale, Calif.
For more about NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden
Alan Brown
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
(661) 276-2665
alan.brown@nasa.gov