Who and where
Company, role, relationship to the project, reachable contact, project/site city and state or country.
What We Need to Quote Switchgear and Related Electrical Equipment
A complete RFQ reduces clarification loops and exposes schedule, approval, interface, and responsibility risks before they become expensive. Use the path-specific checklist below.
Minimum information for every inquiry
What and why
Distinct equipment category, requested outcome, current status or project phase, and a plain-language scope summary.
Ratings and dates
Known voltage, current and fault-duty information plus the return-to-service, required-on-site, outage, and energization milestones that actually control the decision.
Existing equipment, failure, replacement, or outage
Identity and construction
- Overall lineup and relevant section/cell
- Manufacturer and exact equipment family
- Catalog/part number, serial, date code, suffix and revision
- Nominal voltage, continuous current, phase and frequency
- Interrupting/withstand/fault rating; BIL where applicable
- Breaker frame, trip/sensor, control voltage, mechanism, drawout/fixed and interlocks
- One-line, wiring/elementary drawings, BOM, manual and prior submittal
Problem and constraint
- Failed, intermittent, obsolete, planned replacement, expansion or other
- Operating, de-energized, locked out, removed, damaged or unknown
- Symptoms, alarms, damage and tests already performed
- Repair, exact replacement, alternate, retrofit, modernization, part or options review
- Current study status and known fault current
- Outage window and required return-to-service date
New build, expansion, or data-center project
| Information group | What to provide |
|---|---|
| Design basis | Current one-line, equipment schedule/BOM, specifications, project phase, design-release status, basis of design and approved-equal/deviation process |
| Electrical ratings | System voltage(s), continuous current(s), available fault current and required duty, BIL for MV, protection and metering requirements |
| Topology and sources | Redundancy, utility/generator/UPS/transformer/ATS relationships, transfer sequence and operating modes |
| Construction and environment | Indoor/outdoor, enclosure/NEMA, temperature, altitude, seismic, corrosive, arc-resistant, space, access, lifting and transport constraints |
| Interfaces | Cable/busway, controls, relays, metering, PLC/HMI, BMS/DCIM, communications, third-party equipment, module/skid/room and site boundaries |
| Responsibility and acceptance | Engineering/studies owner, listing/AHJ/utility owner, assembly supplier, installer, commissioning agent, FAT, documentation and warranty boundaries |
| Schedule | Design freeze, submittal/approval, release, required-on-site, installation, commissioning and energization dates |
Handle drawings and sensitive information deliberately
Safe to send through the website form
Business contact details, non-sensitive equipment identifiers and ratings, a short project summary, general location, current status, desired outcome, and milestone dates.
Request a secure-transfer path first
Confidential one-lines, specifications, BIM/CAD, security-sensitive facility details, export-controlled or critical-infrastructure information, contract-restricted files, configuration files, large packages, or anything requiring an NDA.
Not every field has to be known
Mark unknown facts as unknown and identify which engineering study, owner decision, nameplate, document, or partner must resolve them. Never substitute a plausible number.
Use the checklist, then start the matching intake
A complete technical package can reduce clarification time. Availability, compatibility, approvals, pricing and schedule are confirmed in the written quote.