Title
Contract No. 1902433 and Contract No. 1903043
Standby Generator Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services
BCE Score: O&M Project
Body
Agenda of: February 26, 2020
Item No.: 2020-038
Amount: $1,844,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: February 26, 2020
RE: Contract No. 1902433 and Contract No. 1903043
Standby Generator Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services
Vendors: Michigan CAT and PM Technologies
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Navid Mehram, Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater Operating Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1902433, "Standby Generator Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services" with Michigan CAT at a cost not to exceed $257,000.00 for a duration of 4 years and Contract No. 1903043, "Standby Generator Preventative Maintenance and Repair Services" with PM Technologies, at a cost not to exceed $1,587,500.00 for a duration of four (4) years; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA operates seventy-eight (78) generators in twenty-five (25) locations. These generators provide back-up power to essential facilities for both Wastewater and Water operations as required by "The 10 States Standards" for water and wastewater facilities. These generators range in size from twenty (20) Kilowatts to two (2) Megawatts (MW). For reference, a two MW generator can power nearly five hundred (500) homes. Fifty-three (53) of the seventy-eight (78) generators in this Contract are two (2) MW.
The generators are designed to sit idle until needed during a power loss. At the time of power outage, the units must be able to start up, transfer power and keep the critical equipment of the facility operating reliably for th...
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