Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional services agreement with Glaus, Pyle, Schomer, Burns and Dehaven DBA GDP Group, Inc., in the amount of $750,000.00, for General Engineering Services, CIP No. 670868-100001, for the Division of Power.
The Division of Power requires professional engineering services to assist Division personnel on multiple infrastructure engineering needs which cannot be provided exclusively by City personnel. Services to be performed under this contract include providing designs to connect new customers, reviewing applications for Joint Use, and designing the work required for the Division to complete in conjunction with the installation of solar components on the power system by NextEra. There is also design and analysis work that is required relating to the O’Shaughnessy hydro project to ensure that as the new plant comes online it will interconnect properly. Other work that may be performed on this or subsequent renewals of this General Engineering Services contract include, but may not be limited to, Substation Design, Transmission Line Design, Distribution Line Design, Underground Distribution Design, Equipment Upgrade Program, Grounding Studies, SCADA, Streetlight Design, Power Quality Issues, Development of Bid Packages, Bid Analysis/Technical Reviews, Technical Submittal and request for Information Reviews, Easement Acquisition Services, AutoCAD Drafting, Surveying, Easement Legal Descriptions, Trouble Shooting, Maintenance and Testing Specifications, and Fiber Optic Cable System Design.
ECONOMIC IMPACT/ADVANTAGES; COMMUNITY OUTREACH; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS/ADVANTAGES OF PROJECT: This is a contract for needed supplemental engineering for the Division of Power’s various CIP projects, studies required by OSHA and PERRP i.e. Arc Flash Hazard Analysis, and possibly to reduce backlog of DOP’s routine engineering that may arise from unexpec...
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