HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2009-167RESOLUTION NO. 2009-167
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZING THE
SOLE SOURCE PROCUREMENT OF OUTAGE MANAGEMENT AND
TROUBLE CALL SYSTEMS FROM SURVALENT TECHNOLOGY
WHEREAS, Lodi Municipal Code §3.20.070 authorizes dispensing with bids for purchases
of supplies, services, or equipment when itis in the best interest of the City to do so; and
WHEREAS, a critical function of the Electric Utility Department is the ability to shorten power
outages and monitor the electric distribution system down to the customer meter level; and
WHEREAS, on February 6, 2008, the City Council awarded the installation of new
supervisory control and data acquisition system (SCADA) to Survalent Technology to remotely
monitor and control the 60kV and 12kV equipment at the substation level using intelligent electronic
devices and remote terminal units through the existing fiber optic loop; and
WHEREAS, proposed Survalent Outage Management and Trouble Call Systems will
integrate with SCADA to expand electric system monitoring down to the customer meter level and to
initiate migration to smart grid system; and
WHEREAS, Survalent Outage Management and Trouble Call Systems would include
features and functions as follows: electronic model of low voltage electrical network, automatic
import of geographic and electrical maps, import of customer billing and metering information,
customer call handling and outage management, automatic calculation of reliability indices,
automatic update cf switching operations, and database update of low voltage network from
AutoCAD and CIS; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends that the Outage Management and Trouble Call Systems be
purchased sole source from Sulvalent Technology to reduce outage durations, increase efficiency,
improve customer satisfaction and system reliability, initiate smart grid implementation, and this is a
turn -key project.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby approve the
purchase of Outage Management and Trouble Call Systems from Survalent Technology of
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, in the amount not to exceed $54,300 including tax and shipping.
Dated: December2,2009
hereby certify that Resolution No. 2009-167 was passed and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held December 2,2009, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Hitchcock, Johnson, Katzakian, Mounce, and
Mayor Hansen
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS— None
J1NIFER IN. ROBISON
Assistant City Clerk
2009-167