CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Waive the applicable provisions of the Naperville Procurement Code and award Bid 19-184, Electrical Substation Relay & Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) Equipment, to Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories for an amount not to exceed $196,145 (requires 6 positive votes)
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DEPARTMENT: Electric Utility
SUBMITTED BY: Lucy Podlesny, Director
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
N/A
BACKGROUND:
In June 2019, the Electric Utility issued Bid 19-184, Electrical Substation Relay and SCADA Equipment requesting authorized vendors to provide the materials needed to upgrade system protection and SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) equipment, which will be installed by Utility staff at various Electric Utility substations.
This equipment will be used to replace outdated mechanical relays that are currently in use on all 12kv and 138kv systems. The new relays are vastly more reliable and offer more flexible operations as well as provide vital information to the control room and engineers which allows staff to analyze the data to prevent future outages.
In addition, the equipment in this bid will also allow the Utility to replace the end-of-life remote terminal units in the substations, which will no longer be supported by the current manufacturer. These remote units are what allow the control room to remotely view and interact with equipment in the field, which is critical for reliability and safety.
DISCUSSION:
Advertisement Date:
06/07/2019
Notices Sent:
83
Opening Date:
06/25/2019
Planholders:
9
Proposals Received:
2
Bids were received from the following vendors:
Vendor Name
Proposed Cost
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
$196,145.00
Gexpro
$210,908.60
As part of its bid response, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories (Schweitzer) included exceptions to the City's term and conditions, which made the vendor non-responsive because terms and conditions cannot be negotiated at the time o...
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