Agenda Item Wording:
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Authorization for the City Manager to enter into a contract with Shape, Inc. of Pleasanton, Ca as a sole source vendor to purchase four (4) 25HP, 480volt 3-phase submersible pump and motors for the Airport lift station in the amount of $200,351.40, and appropriate the funds for payment from the Wastewater Treatment Plant fund (431).
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Deadline for Action: 1/18/2022
Submitting Department: Public Works
Contact Name and Phone Number:
Wyndi Ferguson, Interim Public Works Director, wyndi.ferguson@visalia.city, 713-4186
Department Recommendation:
Staff recommends authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Shape, Inc. of Pleasanton, Ca as a sole source vendor to purchase four (4) 25HP, 480volt 3-phase submersible pump and motors for the Airport lift station in the amount of $200,351.40, and appropriate the funds for payment from the Wastewater Treatment Plant Fund (431),
Background Discussion:
The Airport lift station pumps approximately 2 million gallons of raw sewage a day utilizing 4 submersible pumps that rotate the lead position to keep each pump from running 24 hours a day. In November 2021, the lift station experienced a main breaker failure that was later determined to be caused by a catastrophic pump failure. When the pumps were pulled for inspection only one had failed, but within a week, two more had failed, leaving one operational pump. Staff has since rented a pump at a monthly cost of $5300, to keep this lift station operational.
The City currently has a contract with Shape, Inc. to purchase Flygt pumps for our lift stations with a not to exceed amount of $200,000 annually. Staff has currently utilized $29,000 of this contract, with an additional $40,000 on order awaiting shipment. Staff has received a quote from Shape Incorporated, the City's sole source vendor for Flygt pumps, to replace all 4 lift station pumps at a cost of $200,351.40. Based upon the existing contracts process, st...
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