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RIVERSIDEPUBLICUTILITIES <br />BoardMemorandum <br />BOARDOF PUBLICUTILITIESDATE:NOVEMBER27,2017 <br />ITEMNO: 6 <br />SUBJECT:AWARDBIDDD2108FOR15KVUNDERGROUNDCABLETOWESCO <br />DISTRIBUTION,INC.OFCERRITOS,CALIFORNIAFORATERMOFTHREEYEARS– <br />INTHEAMOUNT OF $1,359,000 <br />ISSUE: <br />AwardBidNo.DD2108for15kVUndergroundCabletoWescoDistribution,Inc. ofCerritos, CA, fora <br />termofthreeyears, intheamount of$1,359,000. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />ThattheBoardofPublicUtilitiesawardanannualpurchaseordertoWescoDistribution,Inc.ofCerritos, <br />California,thelowestresponsiveandresponsibleproposerforatermofthreeyearsintheamountof <br />$1,359,000forthe15kVUndergroundCable,BidNo. DD2108. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />TheAnnualPurchaseOrderfor15kV,undergroundcableendedJune30,2017.AnewAnnualPurchase <br />Order isrequiredtoreplenishstockin CentralStoresInventory.StaffissuedarequestforbidsonJune2, <br />2017. <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Thepurchaseofthe15kVundergroundcableiscoveredunder Section602ofPurchasingResolutionNo. <br />22576.Section602specifiesspecializedequipmentthatisparticulartotheneedsoftheCity’sPublic <br />UtilitiesDepartment andprovidesforacquisitionby OpenMarket ProcurementorNegotiationifit appears <br />tothePurchasingManagertobeinthebestinterestoftheCity.ThePurchasingManagerhadmade <br />sucha determinationforBidDD2108. <br />BidDD2108waspostedonJune2,2016,andclosedJune23,2017.Sixvendorswereinvitedtosubmit <br />bidsforthe15kVundergroundcable.Basebidsrequiredcross-linkedpolyethyleneinsulation(XLPE) <br />whilealternatebidsrequiredethylenepropylenerubberinsulation(EPR).Allsixvendorssubmittedbids <br />forthespecifiedconductors.StaffevaluatedthebidsanddeemedthebasebidforWescoDistribution, <br />Inc.ofCerritos,CAtobethelowestresponsiveandresponsiblebidder. <br />Page 61 <br />