HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2021-17RESOLUTION NO. 2021-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE LODI CITY COUNCIL WAIVING BID PROCESS AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GENERAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH OSMOSE UTILITIES SERVICES, INC., OF
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA, FOR WOOD POLE TEST AND TREAT,
INSPECTION, WOOD POLE RESTORATION, AND ENGINEERING SERVICES
WHEREAS, Lodi Electric Utility (LEU) strives to conduct its inspection and maintenance
activities in accordance with industry best practices and all pertinent regulatory requirements and
guidelines; and
WHEREAS, these requirements and guidelines require electric utilities to perform system-
wide comprehensive intrusive inspections and testing on wood pole infrastructure every 10 years;
and
WHEREAS, LEU last conducted these activities in 2010 and therefore needs to perform
them again on all approximately 6,000 wood poles located in its distribution system; and
WHEREAS, in addition to the intrusive wood pole testing and treatment activities, LEU is
in need of an outside contractor who can also provide wood pole restoration activities as well as
engineering services to help quickly design appropriate pole replacement sizing requirements;
and
WHEREAS, pricing for these services as an aggregate are anticipated to be lower by
utilizing a single firm since the number of resources needing to be mobilized to LEU's service
territory and to each pole location can be combined/merged under a single company; and
WHEREAS, Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., is available to provide all of these services
under a single contract and provides similar services at comparable pricing to at least one other
publicly -owned utility in California; and
WHEREAS, Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., has valuable institutional experience with this
work and is familiar with LEU's distribution infrastructure as they performed the previous work
10 years ago, enabling them to more thoroughly and accurately benchmark the health of LEU's
overhead distribution system assets as compared to the previous dataset; and
WHEREAS, LEU is requesting Council to waive the bid process in accordance with Lodi
Municipal Code Section 3.20.070 and authorize the City Manager to execute a General Services
Agreement with Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., to complete the work as described herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council does hereby waive the
bid process and authorize the City Manager to execute a General Services Agreement with
Osmose Utilities Services, Inc., of Peachtree City, Georgia, for wood pole test and treat,
inspection, wood pole restoration, and engineering services in an amount not to exceed $750,000;
and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, pursuant to Section 6.3q of the City Council Protocol
Manual (Res. No. 2019-223), the City Attorney is hereby authorized to make minor revisions to
the above -referenced document(s) that do not alter the compensation or term, and to make
clerical corrections as necessary.
Dated: January 20, 2021
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2021-17 was passed and adopted by the City Council
of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held on January 20, 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Chandler, Hothi, Khan, Kuehne, and
Mayor Nakanishi
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBERS — None
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