Title
Resolution - A Resolution Approving a Purchase of a Kohler 1250 KW Generator Through the Interlocal Purchasing System Buyboard to Loftin Equipment Company in an Amount Not to Exceed $610,000 for the Phase V Expansion at the Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant (Utility Fund)
Requested Action
Consider the resolution authorizing funds in the amount of Six Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars and Zero Cents $610,000.00 and approval of a purchase with Loftin Equipment Company for a Kohler 1250 KW Generator for the Phase V Expansion at the Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant.
Recommendation
Staff recommends approval.
Description/History
The City of Mansfield, Texas entered into an agreement with Plummer Associates, Inc. on March 2, 2023 for the design of Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant Phase V Expansion. The design scope includes the addition of onsite power generation to allow the water treatment plant to operate the new water treatment equipment during emergency conditions when offsite power is not available.
Lead time for the Kohler 1250 KW generator is approximately 54 weeks. The generator will need to be procured in advance of the construction phase in effort to meet the construction schedule for for the Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant Phase V Expansion.
Justification
The Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant will require 1250 KW additional onsite power generation capacity to meet the power demands to produce and deliver potable water during emergency conditions. The generator will need to be purchased in advance to allow the manufacture and delivery of the generator during the construction phase of the Bud Ervin Water Treatment Plant Phase V Expansion.
Funding Source
Utility Operations Fund
Prepared By
Alex Whiteway., Assistant Director, Utilities Department
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