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TRUCKEE DONNER
CONSENT
To: Board of Directors
From: Mark Thomas
Date: March 16, 2011
Subject: Consideration of the Award of a Contract to Purchase Water Me
Box Retrofit Materials ter
1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE
approval BOARD
Board a
pp I is required for expenditures in excess
of$15,000.
2. HISTORY
On July 23, 2008 the Board approved the Water Metering Implementation Plan.
document described pp
the District's intention to meter all water This
system customers and
begin volumetric billing of all customers been completed whi by January 1, 2014. Phases 1, 2 and ch consisted of installing new AMR 3 have
meters in existing meter
boxes and tubes. District crews are ready eady to start Phase 4 of the Project
g w meter tubes at locations that do no p > which
consists of installin
tube now. t have a meter box or
3. NEW INFORMATION
The bid opening for the meter box retrofit
2011. Five bids were r t frt material was held 2:00 pm on M received and the results of the bids are listed arch 9,
tax): ted below (excluding
SUPPIier Bid
Amount SuI 224Ferguson $12s, .
$149 8
Groeni er& C n 75.50
om a $150,317.12
Pace Su I $153 0
HD Supply63.74
$157,845.80
All five bids were found to be responsive.
bidder at $128,612.24. p 1Ve� Western Nevada Supply was the lowest
4. FISCAL IMPACT
Sufficient funds exist within the approved pp ed FY11 budget for this purchase.
5. RECOMMENDATION
Award a contract to Western Nevada
material in the amou SupPIY for the purchase of meter b nt not to exceed $128,612.24 plus tax. ox retrofit
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Michael D. olley
General Manager/ Water UtilityManager ger