Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Finance Director to enter into a contract with Professional Electric Products Company (PEPCO) to purchase Circuit Breakers for the Division of Power to replace existing oil circuit breakers.
Scope of service is to prepare shop drawings for review and approval by the Division of Power. After shop drawings are approved, the manufacturer is to manufacturer the breakers. The breakers will be delivered to the site after testing. The new breakers are filled with SF6 gas which is more environmentally friendly than the existing oil circuit breakers. The economic advantage is that the existing oil circuit breakers are obsolete.
A solicitation for bids was advertised and six formal bids were received and opened by the Purchasing Office on January 31, 2013 for the purchase of 69KV Outdoor Power Circuit Breakers for the Division of Power, SA004746. Additional information regarding each vendor and their bid is found on the attached Information Form.
After a review of the bid, the Division of Power recommends the award be made to Professional Electric Product Company (PEPCO), the lowest, responsive, responsible, and best bidder for Items 1, 2 and 3 for an award amount of $269,840.00.
Pennsylvania Breaker (PAB) included an additional page with their Bid Document that states the under 3.2.2 exception is taken to the requirement for a gas pressure gauge and temperature-compensated density switch per tank. PAB’s SF6 system is a single closed-loop system which contains all three tanks; therefore, the pressure is the same throughout the entire system, including each of the poles. A single pressure gauge and temperature-compensated switch monitors the entire system. However, each tank can be individually isolated for independent servicing. The entire SF6 gas system is protected from the weather within the NEMA 3R control cabinet. The system bid by PAB does not meet the specifications outlined in the Bid Document an...
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