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W A T E R E N E R F. V I T F F <br />RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />III& Board Memorandum <br />PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: FEBRUARY 8, 2021 <br />SUBJECT: APPROVE BID NO. 7796 WITH FPC GRAPHICS FOR PREPRINTED UTILITY BILLING <br />PAPER FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS, AT $73,031.06 PER YEAR, IN THE TOTAL <br />AMOUNT OF $365,155.30 <br />ISSUE: <br />Award Bid No. 7796 with FPC Graphics for preprinted utility billing paper for a term of five years <br />ending June 30, 2025, at $73,031.06 per year in the total amount of $365,155.30. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />That the Board of Public Utilities award Bid No. 7796 with FPC Graphics of Riverside, for <br />preprinted utility billing paper for a term of five years ending June 30, 2025, at $73,031.06 per <br />year, in the total amount of $365,155.30. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Billing Division of the Riverside Public Utilities (RPU) Department manages the billing for <br />electric, water, sewer, and trash services for RPU customers. Approximately 110,000 accounts <br />are billed each month requiring paper invoices to be mailed out to customers. On a monthly basis, <br />RPU procures pre-printed, two-sided billing paper for all billings and past due notices, <br />DISCUSSION: <br />On September 22, 2020, the former supplier sent a cancellation of services for the pre-printed <br />utility paper services. <br />On November 5, 2020, Request for Bid No. 7796 for Bill Printing Services was issued to secure <br />a replacement vendor. The bids received are summarized in the table below: <br />Vendors <br />City Location <br />Bid Amount <br />Rank <br />FPC Graphics <br />Riverside, CA <br />$73,031.06 <br />1 <br />Graphic Print Source <br />Corona, CA <br />$75,788.96 <br />2 <br />Crabar GBF Inc. <br />Midlothian, TX <br />$77,874.79 <br />3 <br />Curry Copy <br />Hemet, CA <br />$114,246.23 <br />4 <br />After the evaluation of the proposals, the panel selected FPC Graphics as the lowest responsive <br />