W.O. 18-15 Voelker Pump Station Improvements and Staples Generator is a project to install a new pump, Variable Frequency Drive (VFD), motor control cabinet, piping and valves, and a flow meter to the Voelker Pump Station and to install a new generator with a concrete base and security wall at Staples Pump Station. It was bid with two schedules. Schedule 1 is Voelker Pump Station Improvements. Schedule 2 is the Staples Pump Station Generator. The project was advertised May 24th, 31st, and June 7th. Bids were opened on June 11th. There were three bids received. Ace Electric submitted the lowest responsible bid for total Schedules 1 & 2.

The Council may:

• Award W.O. 18-15: Voelker Pump Station Improvements and Staples Generator Schedules 1 and 2 to Ace Electric, in the amount of $871,000; or
• Do not award a contract and reject all bids. If the contract is not awarded Voelker will not have pumping capacity for increasing demand and Staples will not have backup power.

The following bids were received and evaluated:
 

Contractor	Total Bid Schedules 1 & 2
Ace Electric	$871,000
Western Municipal	$999,900
COP Construction	$1,027,000

The funding source is water funds budgeted in FY 19.  

 

Staff recommends the City Council award a contract for W.O. 18-15 Voelker Pump Station Improvements and Staples Generator Schedules 1 and 2 to Ace Electric in the amount of $871,000.