siemens - Public Service Commission

April 10, 2008
Attn:
Subject :
Progress Energy Florida, Inc.
Crystal River Discharge Canal Cooling Study
Request No. DH07-003
Dear Mr.
You are invited to submit a proposal for the evaluation and conceptual design of cooling options
for Progress Energy's Crystal River South and Crystal River Unit 3 sites. Two (2) signed copies
of the proposal (one priced and one unpriced) shall be sealed and marked "CONFIDENTIAL"
and submitted to Deborah Hanna, Progress Energy Florida, Inc., 15760 W. Powerline Street
(SA2C), Crystal River, FL 34428-6708. No copies of the proposal shall be distributed to any
other Progress Energy personnel. Your proposal must be received no later than close of business
September 29,2007. If your proposal is received after that day or time, it will not be considered
for the described work. Telephoned or faxed proposals or proposal information are unacceptable
and will not be considered. No modifications to the proposal will be accepted after the bid due
date and time specified above unless specifically requested in writing and approved by Progress
Energy.
It is intended that a Contract in the form of the attached sample Contract will be awarded for this
scope of work and quotations shall be made accordingly, unless the successful Vendor has an
existing Master Contract with Progress Energy, in which case a Work Authorization will be
released against that Master Contract incorporating the details of this Request for Proposal.
Progress Energy does not obligate itself to accept the lowest or any other bid and specifically
reserves the right to reject any and all bids. Vendors are advised that all bids will be opened and
evaluated solely by Progress Energy. All information contained in the bids submitted to Progress
Energy and Progress Energy's evaluation, including any Vendor's relative position to the
successful Vendor, is considered exclusive information of Progress Energy and will not be made
available to any of the Vendors. All unsuccessful Vendors will be notified by Progress Energy in
writing of the award of the work to another firm.
PEF-NCR-009 I2