HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2001-89RESOLUTION NO. 2001-89
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING
THE SOLE -SOURCE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICAL SERVICE
BOXES AND CONCRETE VAULTS AS NEEDED FOR
SUBDIVISION INSTALLATION DURING 2001
WHEREAS, Lodi Municipal Code, Section 3.20.070, authorizes dispensing with
bids for purchases of supplies, services or equipment when it is in the best interests of
the City to do so; and
WHEREAS, the Electric Utility Department's Engineering Division is preparing
work orders to install underground electric distribution facilities in several new
developments within the City; and
WHEREAS, the subdivisions planned for service installation are Century
Meadows #1 Unit 2, Century Meadows #4 Unit 2, Tienda Place Units A & B, the Parisis
subdivision in Grid 58, and the Beck/Perlegos subdivision in Grid 58; and
WHEREAS, Carson Industries is a global manufacturer of one of the most
durable, well-designed grade -level service boxes available, and is the only producer in
California supplying the molded structural foam service box specified by the Electric
Utility Department's Engineering Division. During 2001, subdivision installations require
that the Department buy the following items from Carson Industries:
144 each 13" x 24" Service Box #1 324153BGE20AU 1 $ 9,966.24
20 each 13" x 24" Service Box Cover $ 642.40
Total cost of purchases from Carson Industries $10,608.64
WHEREAS, Utility Vault Company has six concrete electrical vault manufacturing
plants on the West Coast, including one in Pleasanton. The company is the only local
manufacturer that meets the City's landscape and sidewalk design specifications for
concrete vaults. Requirements for 2001 subdivision installations are:
1 each 6 -ft modified PG&E #48 concrete vault, Spec. #09225700 $ 3,472.25
1 each steel cover for #48 concrete vault, Spec. #09225702 $ 2,472.50
4 each 4'8" concrete vault $ 2,287.60
8 cases vault sealant, in rolls $ 498.80
Total cost of purchases from Utility Vault Company $ 8,734.15
WHEREAS, staff recommends the sole -source purchase of the service boxes
and concrete vaults as outlined above, in the total amount of $19,342.79.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby
approves the sole -source purchase of the service boxes from Carson Industries, of La
Verne, California, in the amount of $10,608; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Lodi City Council hereby approves the
sole -source purchase of the concrete vaults from Utility Vault Company, of Pleasanton,
California, in the amount of $8,734.15.
Dated: April 18, 2001
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I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2001-89 was passed and adopted by the City
Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held April 18, 2001, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Howard, Pennino and Mayor
Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Land
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk
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