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<br />RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES <br />Board Memorandum <br />BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES DATE: JANUARY 10, 2022 <br /> REPORT <br /> <br />SUBJECT: ELECTRIC PANEL UPDATE AS OF OCTOBER 31, 2021 <br />To streamline the bidding process for routine work, the Board of Public Utilities and City Council <br />voted to allow an to be established. The use of the Panel is <br />beneficial in meeting deadlines related to construction work and urgent repair or replacement of <br />qualified to perform work on <br />an asneeded basis through a Master Agreement. This saves time and money by simplifying the <br />bidding process for specific types of routine work. <br />maintenance, repair, modification, or extension of work, the Purchasing Manager sends a bid <br />solicitation with a set of engineering plans and specifications to the appropriate Panel <br />contractors. M <br />includes the general and legal requirements of the contract. The solicitation bid specifications <br />identify the technical aspects of the project or service to be provided <br />used for projects that meet the following three criteria: 1) Construction of the project needs to <br />start within two months from start of design; 2) Project cost is less than $500,000; and 3) City <br />forces do not have the ability or the resources needed to construct the project within the time <br />frame required. Projects that deviate from these criteria proceed through the formal bidding <br />process. <br /> <br /> <br />