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Memorandum
To: Board of Directors
From: Jim Wilson, Electric Superintendent
Date: July 1, 2004
Date of Board Meeting: July 7, 2004
Subject: BID AWARD FOR PURCHASE OF A HYDRAULIC UNDERGROUND CABLE
PULLER
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE BOARD
Board approval is required for equipment purchases over $15,000.
2. HISTORY
With the growth that the District has seen over the past few years, the Electric Department
finds itself installing an ever increasing amount of underground primary and secondary cables.
The Electric Department is continually looking at ways to enable ourselves to work safer, yet
more efficient. One area we felt that we could make improvements was in underground cable
installation.
Last Spring our heavy crew foreman (Ralph) and I went to Roseville Electric to observe their
methods for pulling cable. As a result of this visit we decided to rent a puller last summer on a
trial basis, in addition various vendors brought their underground pullers to demonstrate their
pulling ability. The rented puller, although very worn, served us very well and enabled us to
install primary cable in about one third the time previously required for a similar installation. As
a result last year we installed a record amount of primary and secondary cable, with 167,470
feet of primary cable installed.
Staff included and the Board approved in the 2004 Electric Department Budget, funding
($69,850) for an Underground Cable Puller within Electric Operations Capitol Equipment. This
purchase will be funded by an equipment loan which is to be re-paid out of rates.
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3. NEW INFORMATION
Specifications were prepared and a request for bids was advertised for a Hydraulic
Underground Cable Puller. Bids were received and a bid opening was held on July 1, 2004.
One Bid was received. The results of the Bid Opening are as follows.
Bidder Location Amount
Sherman & Reill Inc. Chattanoo a, Tennessee $64,900.00
This bid meets all of the specifications for the Hydraulic Underground Cable Puller.
Additionally as pointed out by the bidder, a model ATCC-111 air adapter kit is also required to
blow the steel pulling line through PVC conduit. This kit consists of 2" thru 6" schedule 40/80
remote heads, birds, hoses, gauges, valve and an aluminum storage box. The price for the
additional Air Adapter Kit is $6,950.00,
Since the bidder is out of State the District is not required to pay California Tax (7.875%) to
them. The District will be required to pay the Tax at time of registration at the California
Department of Motor Vehicles for a total Tax of$5110.88.
4. RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the Board award the purchase of a Hydraulic Underground Cable Puller
to Sherman & Reilly Inc. of Chattanooga, Tennessee in the amount of $64,900.00, and also
purchase the Air Adapter Kit $6,950.00 for a total of$71, 850.00. As well authorize the finance
of the Tax, $5110.88, for a grand total of$76,960.09.
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