NCPA RFP SCADA Replacement - Vendor Questions and NCPA Answers

Location:	California
Posted:	Sep 1, 2026
Due:	Sep 18, 2026
Agency:	Northern California Power Agency
Type of Government:	State & Local
Category:	J - Maintenance, Repair, and Rebuilding of Equipment R - Professional, Administrative and Management Support Services U - Education and Training Services
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL

for

SCADA Dispatch Control Center

RFP Issue Date:

RFP Submittal Deadline:

7/31/2026

09/18/2026

Introduction

The Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), a California Joint Action Agency, was established

in 1968 by a consortium of locally owned electric utilities to make joint investments in energy

resources that would ensure an affordable, reliable, and clean supply of electricity for

customers in its member communities. NCPA members include municipalities, a rural electric

cooperative, and other publicly owned entities for which the not-for-profit agency provides

such services as the purchase, aggregation, scheduling, and management of electrical energy.

Overview

The purpose of this Request for Proposal (RFP) is to solicit qualified vendors to provide a

modern Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) replacement solution for the

organization’s Headquarters and Disaster Recovery Control Centers. The selected solution must

support secure, reliable, and scalable operations within the energy sector, comply with

applicable regulatory requirements, and integrate seamlessly with existing enterprise systems.

Non-Disclosure Agreement

In order to receive additional details of the existing architecture needed to prepare your

proposal, respond to this notification expressing your interest. Respondents will be sent a

nondisclosure agreement (NDA), an example of which is found in Attachment A.

Address your response to:

• SCADA RFP

• Reference RFP# IS-07-2026

• Email: SCADA.RFP@ncpa.com

• Phone: (916) 781-3636

Include:

• The legal company name and any acronym goes by

• Whether it is a sole proprietorship, partnership or corporation

• Company address

• Name & title of the singer who will be signing the NDA

• Email address of the signer

Respondents will receive the NDA filled out with the proposing company’s information.

Sign and return it, NCPA will countersign and return a fully executed copy, along with

the detail sheets needed to complete your proposal.

Execution of this NDA does not obligate NCPA to disclose any confidential information

to a third-party vendor. NCPA reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to withhold such

information for any reason.

Submittals

Please submit proposals to NCPA Headquarters no later than 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time

on 9/18/2026. NCPA will accept proposals via email or sent as a hard copy. The proposal,

along with any questions about this RFP, should be addressed to:

SCADA RFP

651 Commerce Drive, Roseville CA 95678

SCADA.RFP@ncpa.com

Tentative Schedule

RFP Issued

Deadline for Questions

Proposal Due

Review Responses

Respondent Interviews/Demos as needed

Selection of Respondents

Contract Preparations

Agency approval of contracts

Work commences

7/31/2026

08/28/2026

09/18/2026

9/30/2026

10/01/2026

10/31/2026

November 2026

December 2026

January 2027

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1. Existing Environment

For an existing environment summary and breakdown an additional NDA will need to be

signed. Please contact SCADA.RFP@ncpa.com to initiate that process.

2. High Level Requirements

Vendors must complete attachment IS-SCADA-REPLACEMENT-RFP-MATRIX_07-2026.xlsx

SCADA requirements matrix and send along with the submittal.

2.1. Qualifications & Experience of Company

Give a brief company description including:

• Identify years in business.

• Number of employees in the office location which is intended to provide services.

• Relevant experience

2.2. Contract Exceptions – The Company selected will be expected to execute NCPA’s

standard Agreement, a sample of which is attached for reference in Appendix A. The

proposal shall state all exceptions taken to the terms and conditions of the Agreement,

if any.

Note: Make sure to review the insurance requirements in detail. You will be asked to

provide proof of insurance and copies of all waivers and endorsements if selected.

2.3. Proposal for Scope of Work – Vendors are responsible for responding to how they will

perform services outlined in the scope of work below.

2.4. References - Vendor will provide at least two references for similar services.

2.5. Pricing - Proposal must include itemized pricing for services listed in the Scope of Work.

To control the schedule and final costs, NCPA reserves the right to adjust the proposed

deliverables and Scope of Work negotiations with the selected respondent.

2.6. Timeline

Project is expected to begin after January 2027 and is expected to be completed by

April 2028

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Detailed Scope of Work

The following scope of work will be conducted at NCPA’s physical Headquarters and Disaster

Recovery Center (DRC) location:

Headquarters

651 Commerce Drive

Roseville, CA 95678

Disaster Recovery Center (DRC)

5034 Sunrise Blvd

Fair Oaks, CA 95628

The scope of work for this project includes the following key components to be successful:

• Vendor must understand the current architecture and environment and prepare a plan

for how to best transition from the old Control Center SCADA solution to the new.

• The proposed SCADA solution must continue to work within the existing network

architecture and security requirements. This includes being able to operate within a

virtualized hypervisor system, communicate through network segmentations using

firewalls, traditional IT networks, and maintain existing NERC CIP compliance for the

Control Centers.

• Vendor must propose a solution that provides both fault tolerance for both local server

failures as well as the capability to automatically resume operations at the Agency’s

Disaster Recovery Center (DRC).

• Development and testing environments also must be included in the proposal, which

should include methods for testing changes and updates prior to being rolled into

production. Screen development, database changes, updates, and security patches

must be considered.

• Proposed solutions must include methods for preserving existing SCADA elements such

as migrating or recreating where needed existing set points, logic, screens, alarms and

security roles.

• Vendor will be responsible for leading the project through the proposed phases and

provide technical expertise in their solutions including design, testing, migration, and

post-production roll out. NCPA will provide subject matter experts related to the

Agency’s Operations, SCADA engineering, IT systems administration, and cybersecurity

as part of this process.

• Proposals must also include support for solutions to interface with existing 3rd party

integrations that are used within the Agency. This includes historical data trending,

database archiving, and API calls between custom applications.

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3. Technical Requirements

Vendors must complete attachment IS-SCADA-REPLACEMENT-RFP-MATRIX_07-2026.xlsx

SCADA requirements matrix and send along with the submittal.

3.1. Asset Support

The proposed solution must be able to seamlessly integrate with a variety of different

electric sector assets for control and monitoring capabilities. These include but not

limited to:

• Combustion Turbine Power Plants

• Hydro Electric Power Plants

• Geothermal Power Plants

• Renewable Energy solutions such as:

• Solar

• Wind

• Battery

• Metering

• CAISO Remote Intelligence Gateways (RIGs)

• Control Center to Control Center communications

• Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

• Building maintenance assets such as HVAC, Power Systems, UPS and other

environmentals.

• Vendor solution must support working within a virtualized environment

3.2. Network Design

• Systems must be able to operate within the following:

• Standard TCP/IP network environments

• Comply with NERC CIP networking standards including NERC-005 Electronic

Security Perimeters

• Comply with ISA-99 Industrial Automation Control System networks

• Vendors must provide documentation for all related service ports used for their

solutions, this includes but not limited TCP, UDP and ICMP protocols.

3.3. Industrial Protocol Support

The proposed SCADA solution must natively support common ICS/OT protocols, including:

• DNP3 (serial and TCP/IP)

• Modbus (RTU and TCP)

• ICCP/TASE.2

• OPC (Both UA and DA)

• Include secure authentication where applicable.

• Ability to operate as both a client and server

• Must handle high volume telemetry without degradation.

• Must support configurable scan rates down to sub second intervals.

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This is the opportunity summary page. It provides an overview of this opportunity and a preview of the attached documentation.

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