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W A T E R E N E R G Y L I F E RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES M i- III& Board Memorandum PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: November 2, 2012 ITEM NO: 9 SUBJECT: ORANGECREST SUBSTATION SECURITY BARRIER AND PROPERTY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT—AWARD OF BID NO. 6994 ISSUE: That the Board of Public Utilities consider approval of a contract award for construction of masonry block walls, security fencing, manual and automatic access gates, and irrigation/landscape improvements, Bid No. 6994. RECOMMENDATIONS: That the Board of Public Utilities: 1. Approve an additional $750,000 for Work Order No 0909712 for the Orangecrest Substation Security Barrier and Property improvement Construction activities; 2. Reject the bid received from Pointer Enterprises, Inc. as non-responsive; and 3. Award a contract to Griffith Company of Brea, California, in the amount of $532,686 for the Orangecrest Substation Security Barrier and Property Improvements Project, Bid No. 6994. BACKGROUND: Over the past several years, Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) has experienced theft and damage to its electric facilities that has cost the department hundreds of thousands of dollars. The perpetrators are predominantly removing the grounding copper wire, which subsequently creates a dangerous working environment for RPU workers. This causes a significant impact to the reliability of the power system, jeopardizes the safety of the RPU crews and causes an increase in maintenance costs. Further, the reliability standards promulgated by the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) and the North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC) will cause RPU to increase security to sensitive facilities. To meet current security standards for RPU and to meet future requirements of WECC and NERC, staff is proposing to initiate the first phase of its security upgrade. On June 5, 2009, Work Order No. 0909712 in the amount of $1,750,000 was approved by the RPU Board to fund the first phase of the implementation of established standards to upgrade physical security at various electric facilities. Masonry block walls, security fencing, manual/automated roller gates and irrigation/landscape improvements have been constructed and installed at Mountain View and Hunter Substations. Construction at Hunter is expected to be complete in late 2012. To date, expenses for the physical security effort total $1,610,956 and are broken down as follows: Description Cost Percent of Total Design (Consultant) $223,004 14% RPU Engineering Staff $288,440 18% Mountain View Construction $654,257 40% Hunter Construction $445,299 28% Total $1,610,956 100%