City of Columbus - File #: 1107-2015

• File #: 1107-2015
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/16/2015
• In control: Public Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 5/18/2015
• Final action: 5/20/2015
• Title: To authorize the Finance and Management Director to enter into a contract with Pepco in the amount of $224,350.00 for the purchase of an Underground SF6 Switch and Transfer Package for the Division of Power and to obtain and pay for the necessary costs billed by the Department of Public Utilities, Division of Power, for installation of the equipment associated with the project up to a maximum of $10,821.22; to authorize the expenditure of $69,650.00 from the Public Utilities Department, Electricity Operating Fund and $165,521.22 from the Construction Management Capital Improvement Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($235,171.22)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/20/2015	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/19/2015	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/18/2015	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
5/18/2015	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract for SA005793/Underground SF6 Switch and Transfer Package. The electrical equipment in the contract will be installed in Division of Power’s double vault near City Hall at 90 W. Broad St. The Division will use these items to provide a double circuit feed to City Hall and 77 N Front St., so that if one circuit were to fail, an automatic transfer would be activated and switch to the other circuit within a few seconds. Currently these two buildings feed off Circuit #14075. The second circuit that the Division will be connecting to is 14060 which is already in place in the same vault. These two circuits are off different substation transformers, which makes this more reliable.

Under the present conditions, the City Hall Municipal Campus has electrical service outages that may affect various programs and operations. Purchase of a generator is not cost effective and space limitations would make this option difficult. Alternatively, by installing an automatic transfer switch, when electricity from one power feed (or route) is interrupted, then automatically power will be restored from a separate power feed. This does not switch power from one provider to another, but instead switches power provided via a certain feed to another. Installation of this switch will greatly reduce outage times, improve tenant operational needs, and provide electric stability to the entire campus.

The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids for the purchase of an Underground SF6 Switch and Transfer Package for the Division of Power in accordance with Chapter 329 (SA005393). One hundred twenty-nine (129) vendors were solicited: one hundred twenty-one (121) MAJ; four (4) MBR; one (1) M1A; one (1) HL1; one (1) F1 and one (1) AS1. Five (5) MAJ bids were received and opened on March 19, 2015. These bids were evaluated and an award is recommended to the low...