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Agenda Section: 6 111 70S REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION Report Number: 91-5 8 C STAFF REPORT CouDate: $_g_91 ��P Council Action: ❑ Special Order of Business CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE August 12, 1991 ❑ Public Hearings ❑ Consent Agenda C Council Business Item Description: Bid Award for Standby Generator at Ground Reservoir Administrator's Review/Recommendation: • - No comments to supplement this report - Comments attached. Explanation/Summary (attach supplement sheets as necessary.) SUMMARY: Bids for the emergency standby generator for the ground reservoir booster pump station were opened on Friday, August 9 . The following firms submitted bids: GENERATOR COMPLETION BID FIRM BRAND TIME RICE Killmer Electric Onan 210 days $88,450 Weber Electric Caterpillar 85 days $96,528 Gopher Electric Onan 150 days $100,600 Ridgedale Electric Onan 160 days $106,400 The low bidder was Killmer Electric at $88,450. They bid an Onan generator and a 210 day completion time . The electrical consultant did not feel that there was substantial difference between Caterpillar and Onan in this power range of generators. The completion time also does not appear to be a problem considering the likelihood of need for a gener-ator fore, there is no apparent reason not to award to the low bidder, Killmer Electric. _ The budgeted amount for the generator was $80,000. This project with contingency will be over the budgeted amount; however, the treatment plant and controls were under budget by nearly $30,000. c Ric Mi eto City---Engineer/Director of Public Works - RECOMMENDATION;Staff recommends that Council award the bid for the generator to Killmer Electric in the amount of their bid of $88,450 with a 10% contingency for a total of $97,295; and authorize the Director of Public Works to execute all change orders up to the total amount authorized.