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AGENDA TITLE: Specifications and Advertisement for Bids for 16,000 feet of
#477MCM Bare Aluminum Conductor
MEETING DATE: July 1, 1998
PREPARED BY: Electric Utility Director
RECOMMENDED ACTION: That the City Council approve the specifications, and authorize the
advertisement for bids for 16,000 feet of #477 bare aluminum
conductor.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: The Electric Utility Department's Engineering Division has issued a
work order to install new line extensions in the Stockton Street/
Neuharth Drive/Ackerman Drive loop. This work order will require
about 8,000 feet of #477 conductor; the balance of the order will be placed in inventory for use on
smaller jobs as they are scheduled.
FUNDING: Electric Utility Department's Operating Fund
1997-99 Financial Plan and Budget, Page E-22.
Estimated Cost: $10,500
BID OPENING: July 15, 1998
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Alan N. Vallow, Electric Utility Director
Prepared by Joel Harris, Purchasing Officer
cc: Manager, Engineering and Operations
APPROVED: —�
H. Dixon Flynn -- City Manager
477MCM.CC1 06123/98
EQUIPMENT SPECIFICATION
OVERHEAD CONDUCTORS, 477.0 KCM, BARE ALUMINUM (AAC)
GENERAL:
This specification is for stranded aluminum overhead conductor, suitable
for use in the City of Lodi's 12.0 kv overhead distribution system.
SPECIFIC SPECIFICATIONS:
477.0 KCM all aluminum conductor (AAC), 19 strand, Class AA. Code Name: COSMOS.
STANDARDS:
The conductor shall meet the requirements of the latest edition of the
applicable NEMA, ASTM and ANSI standards, unless otherwise noted in this
specification.
SHIPPING•
Conductor to come in reels of 8,000 feet (nominal). Each end of the conductor
shall be firmly secured to the reel. No lagging is required. All shipments
shall be'prepaid, F.O.B. Lodi, California. Reels shall be shipped upright.
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Each reel shall be marked with a durable label securely attached to a
flange of the reel and plainly marked stating the destination, the purchaser's
order number, shipping length of conductor on reel, weight of reel (tare
weight), total weight of the conductor on reel, type and size of conductor
and code name.
MAKE UP AND LENGTHS:
NEMA standard code reel 46628 (66 in. flange diameter, 28 in. traverse width)
shall be used. Conductor length on each reel shall be 8,000 feet (nominal).
ENGINEERING STANDARD
CITY OF LO D I OVERHEAD CONDUCTOR, PRIMARY, 477.0 KCM
ELECTRIC UTILITY DEPARTMENT
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