DEPARTMENT MAKING REQUEST
Budget & Admin Services
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24-443, Award, Piggyback, Services to Repair, Replace, or Supply Utility Plant Equipment (Utilities)
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REQUESTED MOTION/ACTION
recommendation
Recommended Action:
Approve the piggyback service purchases for File #24-443, Services to Repair, Replace, or Supply Utility Plant Equipment, per the Lee County Contract #B240030KCW, and award to Mader Electric Motors, of North Fort Myers, Florida, per the unit prices with a term from date of award, through and including May 7, 2027.
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budget
Budgeted Action:
No action needed. Budgeted in the Utilities Operations and Maintenance Fund - Operations budget as approved in the FY2024 budget process. Funding for this expenditure comes from rate revenues.
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BACKGROUND (Why is this Action Necessary, and What Action will be accomplished)
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Background:
The Utilities Department has requested to allow piggyback purchases that will provide the services to repair, replace, or supply plant equipment, on an as needed basis. This contract provides an on-call vendor to make the various repairs in a timely manner, as well as emergencies. The type of equipment Mader Electric Motors services includes vertical turbine well pumps, feed pumps, horizontal split-case pumps, submersible well pumps, gearboxes, and compressors. Utilities believes this contract will provide cost savings to their department by having set rates for the scope of work needing to be performed.
The awarded vendor, Mader Electric Motors, was contacted and agreed to extend this contract pricing to Charlotte County.
Therefore, recommend approval of the piggyback service purchases for File #24-443, Services to Repair, Replace, or Supply Utility Plant Equipment, per the Lee County Contract #B240030KCW, and award to Mader Electric Motors, of North Fort Myers, Florida, per the unit prices with a term from date of award, through and including May 7, 2027.
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