Opportunity Description: Background:
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (www.pge.com), a subsidiary of PG&E Corporation, is one of the largest combined natural gas and electric energy companies in the United States. Based in Oakland with more than 23,000 employees, the company is the primary natural gas and electric service provider for Northern and Central California. The company’s 70,000-square-mile service area stretches from Eureka to the north to Bakersfield in the south and from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Sierra Nevada in the east. PG&E delivers some of the nation’s cleanest energy to 16 million people.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) was incorporated in California in 1905. Our customers include over 20,000 schools, 3,000 hospitals, 20,000 high-tech companies, and 700 military
facilities. PG&E provides electricity to over 4.9 million customers and natural gas to over 3.9 million customers. PG&E is committed to enhancing its supply base to include contractors who can contribute to PG&E’s corporate values, including diversity, safety, environmental stewardship, and corporate integrity. The RFP evaluation process is intended to provide opportunities for successful firms to expand their business with PG&E, new firms to establish business with PG&E, and for PG&E to realize reductions in costs, both internal and external, while experiencing enhanced commitment to corporate values. This will be an exciting opportunity for PG&E and its suppliers – both current and new – to reshape the way we work together and to improve PG&E’s operations.
Contract Opportunity Description:
PG&E will be conducting an RFI for Construction Inspection Services (IBEW represented labor) and associated Construction Management (Indirect/non-union) for both Electric and Gas Operations.
• The bidder is to provide fully qualified, trained, and skilled contract resources to provide
staff augmentation to PG&E’s internal teams for various Construction Inspection/Construction Management work.
• The bidder shall either be registered with ISNetworld (ISN) with A or B score, or willing to register with ISN prior to work award and maintain an A or B score.
• The scope is primarily represented contract worker classifications from IBEW (Local Union
1245 AFL-CIO International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) for inspection services (Construction
Coordinator/Inspector Class I-IV, Construction Coordinator/Inspector Supervisor Gas Quality Control
Supervisor, Lead Gas Inspector, Welding Inspector, Coating Inspector, Corrosion Mechanic, etc.) and
associated indirect/non-union classifications related to construction management (Construction
Managers, Inspectors, Project Specialists, Tech Advisors)
• The scope may also include ESC (a Contract Worker Classification specifically for PG&E
retired Hiring Hall Workers, which is subject to the Agreement between Engineers and Scientists of
California Local 20, IFPTE, AFL- CIO & CLC) for engineering, estimating, project management and
associated resources.
• The work may also include IBEW represented resources to perform the following:
o Test services (Test Specialist, Test Technician, Substation Test Inspector, etc.)
o Maintenance services
o Technical services
o Field services
Supply Chain Responsibility Considerations:
The selected supplier is encouraged to align with PG&E’s Supply Chain Responsibility policies and
procedures. The supplier will be asked to provide a detailed description of their internal,
specific supply chain responsibility program and practices related to supplier diversity,
environmental sustainability, and ethical business conduct.
Conduct Requirements:
Suppliers, as well as their employees, subcontractors, and sub-suppliers, must adhere to the
principles and standards outlined in our Supplier Code of Conduct as they provide goods and
services to PG&E. Review Code and understand its obligations here:
http://www.pgecorp.com/corp/about-us/compliance-ethics/program/third-party-code-conduct.page
How to Respond:
Suppliers interested in participating in this Contract Opportunity must email interest to Tyler
Parker (tyler.parker@pge.com) no later than August 23, 2024.
In your response:
• Provide a high level a description of your experience providing union represented (IBEW)
construction inspectors and construction managers, for Electric or Gas utilities, including the
specific classifications provided, length of time you have been providing these resources and
number of resources you are currently providing to clients.
• Provide the primary point of contact name and email address to receive the RFI if you are
selected.
