REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Award of Contract for Preventive Maintenance and Corrective Repairs to Water and Wastewater Engines (F15-20)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award a three-year contract in an amount not-to-exceed $2 million to Peterson Power Systems of San Leandro to perform preventive and corrective maintenance services on the power generation engines located at the Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) and various water and sewer pumping stations throughout the City. Approval is also recommended to delegate authority to the City Manager to extend the contract for up to two years, not to exceed budgeted amounts.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The Power Generation Facility (PGF) at the WPCP is an electrical generation power plant which was commissioned in 1997. The PGF is owned and operated by the City and has the capacity to generate 1.6 megawatts of electricity. The facility is equipped with two Caterpillar Model 3516 Engine Generator sets with Caterpillar Brushless SR4 Generators. The engines are designed to burn lean fuels, including landfill gas, digester gas and air blended natural gas, or any combination of those gases. Digester and landfill gases are free by-products of waste processing, and are used in place of natural gas and electricity to help offset two-thirds of the Plant's energy expenses, estimated at approximately $1.2 million annually.
The water and sewer pumping stations utilize two Caterpillar engines at Baylands Pump Station No.1 and five Waukesha engines at Baylands Pump Station No.2, which drive storm water pumps; and emergency water pumps powered by Waukesha engines at the Wolfe-Evelyn and Mary-Carson Water Plants.
Historically, Council approved one-time purchase orders for the large engine overhauls, with smaller on-call blanket purchase orders for routine and emergency maintenance issued annually under the City Manager's award authority. The blanket purchase orders were kept separate i...
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