HomeMy WebLinkAbout7 Contract to Purchase CFL's Agen-da Item # 7
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CONSENT
To: Board of Directors
From: Steven Poncelet
Date: March 16, 2011
Subject: Consideration of the Award of a Contract to Purchase CFL's
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE E BOARD
Board approval oval is required for expenditures in excess
of$159 000.
2. HISTORY
The approved FY11 budget includes f
The Million CFL Program ending for the District's Million CFL program.
p g m is an on-going program that includes t u gram.
customers of a free 12-pack of 60-watt equivalent he hand-out to our
been very successful and cost- quivalent spiral CFL's. This program has
effective in the past and is beingcontinued ed in FY11.
3• NEW INFORMATION
The District issued a Request for Bid
in the Sierra Sun a (RFB} for a quantity of 30,000 CFL's
nd held a bid-opening on March 8 2011. , advertised
and the results of the bids are listed below Eight bids were received
(excluding tax):
Vendor Bid Amount
Felt Electric Company $347 500
Onesou rce Distributors $35,100
Rexel $35 4
Fan Fi Internatio 00
nal $43,400
AM Conservation Group44 4
Niagara $ 00
Conservation $46,500
Autocell Electronics, Inc. 46 8
$ 00
Gex ro 60
$ ,0 o0
All eight bids were found to be res
$34,500 (Attachment A). pon slue. Felt Electric was the lowest bidder
at
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds exist within the approved
pp ed FY11 budget for this purchase.
5. RECOMMENDATION
Award a contract to Feit Electric for the purchase of CFL's in an amount not to exceed
$34,500 with a 10% change order authorization of$3,450 for a total contract amount
not to exceed $37,950 plus tax.
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Steven Poncelet —— -- � —
Public Information & Conservation Manager ichael D. Holley
General Manager