Spec intake
Your electrical spec and constraints become a structured requirement — MVA, voltage class, impedance, timeline.
Sourcing Agent
The Sourcing Agent sweeps listed and off-market channels for transformers and long-lead gear, qualifies sellers, collects the records, and returns options your engineers can actually review.
The equipment legwork, handled.
Finding a transformer is weeks of calls, listings, spec sheets, and chasing test records. The agent runs that grind continuously, so your engineers only see options worth their time.
- Listed-market sweeps
- Off-market outreach drafts
- Nameplate & spec matching
- Seller qualification checks
- Test-record collection
- Lead-time comparisons
- Price benchmarking
- Freight & rigging quotes
- Review packets per candidate
- Lead status tracking
New qualified lead
138 MVA GSU transformer — 2019 build, cancelled project
DGA oil analysis on file
Never energized — factory records intact
Seller identity verified
Review packet assembled for your engineer
Finds what the listings miss.
Most of the market never hits a listing site. The agent monitors brokers, auctions, decommissioned plants, and OEM allocation channels — and drafts the outreach that surfaces off-market units before anyone else calls.
- Listed and off-market channels swept continuously
- Seller outreach drafted for your approval
- Every lead logged with its source and provenance
Market sweep — this week
Broker listing — 75 MVA, 138 kV
Plant decommissioning — 2 × GSU
OEM cancellation slot — Q3 delivery
126 qualified leads tracked and counting
Qualified before it reaches you.
A cheap transformer with bad oil is an expensive mistake. Sellers get vetted, nameplates get matched against your spec, and test records get collected up front — gaps flagged, never glossed.
- Nameplate matched to your electrical spec
- DGA, FAT, and maintenance records collected
- Red flags surfaced before anyone books a call
Qualification — 72 MVA, 230/34.5 kV
Nameplate vs. specMatch
DGA oil analysisOn file
FAT reportRequested
Seller verificationComplete
Gaps flagged before anyone books a call
Your engineers make the call.
Every option lands as a reviewable packet — records attached, tradeoffs stated, comparison ready. The agent recommends; your engineer decides what gets bought.
- Side-by-side comparison of qualified options
- Records packet attached to every candidate
- Decisions recorded with the evidence trail
Engineer review — pending
Option A — surplus, never energized
Option B — 2016, full service history
Recommendation drafted — your engineer decides
What every lead carries, at a glance.
No option reaches your engineers without the same four columns filled in — or the gaps explicitly flagged.
Identity & provenance
Who is selling, and why
- Seller identity verified
- Source channel logged
- Ownership & service history
- Location and availability
Technical fit
Against your spec
- Nameplate matched to spec
- MVA and voltage class
- Impedance and tap range
- Condition assessment
Records
Collected up front
- DGA oil analysis
- Factory acceptance tests
- Maintenance history
- Photos and nameplate shots
Commercial
Ready to negotiate
- Asking price vs. benchmark
- Lead time vs. new-build
- Freight and rigging quote
- Deposit and escrow terms
One spec in. Reviewable options out.
Accelerating — never replacing — your engineer’s judgment on what gets bought.
Market sweep
Brokers, auctions, decommissionings, and OEM channels monitored continuously against the requirement.
Outreach
Seller contact drafted for your approval. Responses tracked, logged, and tied back to the lead.
Qualification
Nameplate match, seller checks, and test records collected — gaps flagged, never glossed.
Review packet
Every surviving candidate assembled into an engineer-reviewable packet with full provenance.
Engineer decision
Comparison on the table, recommendation drafted, decision and rationale recorded.
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Permitting Agent
Maps air, water, NEPA, zoning, and local requirements into sourced checklists and human-review packets.
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Consulting Agent
Runs the research, drafting, and evidence work behind client deliverables so consultants spend their hours on judgment.
ExploreBuilt for long-lead, high-stakes equipment
Stop losing quarters to transformer lead times.
Bring one open requirement and we will show you the qualified options the market is hiding — records attached.