CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Approve the award of Cooperative Procurement 24-281, Electric Utility Supplies, to Wesco, Inc. for an amount not to exceed $1,100,000 and for a one-year term
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Groth, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
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BACKGROUND:
The Naperville Electric Utility (Utility) is responsible for maintaining and expanding the electric grid in the city as well as purchasing and distributing power to commercial and residential customers. To meet this responsibility, an efficient means of obtaining necessary material, services and supplies is critical. The Utility uses all means approved by the City's Procurement Code to source purchases, including formal bids, vendor quotes, request for proposals, and cooperative purchasing contracts. For smaller purchases, cooperative contracts are a less time-consuming approved method to obtain material, supplies and services.
DISCUSSION:
The Utility purchases numerous items on a regular basis, such as steel clamps, PVC elbows, wire, locator flags and paint, electrical tape, and safety vests, from the Sourcewell Cooperative Contract pricing through Wesco. Wesco has the resources to locate and provide a wide range of materials needed to maintain the city's electric grid in a timely manner.
Staff has identified an approved cooperative contract, Sourcewell Contract #091422-WES through Wesco, Inc. for procuring the supplies, materials and services.
The award amount includes funding for any of the 2,000 plus parts the Utility stores and ultimately uses through its warehouse.
The term of the award is from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
CIP #: Various
Electric Utility supplies are expensed to the Operating Supplies account listed below. These items are initially expensed and stored in the warehouse, and once certain items are put in the field the Electric Utility tags them to a capital project. Quarterly, staff tr...
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