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RESOLUTION NO. 313
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DRECTNG THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING BE DISPENSEQ W1T IN
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ONNEGTION WITH-t THE DISTRICT'S PURCHASE OF RECLOSERS AND
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WHEREAS, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District has determined the need to
acquire Cooper Power System reclosers and microprocessor-based recloser controls;
and
WHEREAS, the reclosers and microprocessor-based controls were included in the 1993
budget; and
WHEREAS, Public Contract Code Section 20206.4 generally requires that the District
seek competitive bids in connection with the purchase of goods; and
WHEREAS, various California court decisions, including Graydon v. Pasadena
~~ Development Agenc 104 C.A. 3d 631 (1980), hold that if the subject of a contract
is such that competitive proposals would be unavailing or would not produce an
advantage, and the advertisement for competitive bid would thus be undesirable or
impractical, a public agency may dispense with competitive bidding; and
WHEREAS, the District has a large investment in the Cooper Power Systems reclosers
and controls, using them exclusively; and
WHEREAS, the District has a large investment in the Cooper Power System reclosers
and controls, using them exclusively; and
WHEREAS, the exclusive use of Cooper Power System reclosers and controls reduces
costs in inventory of parts; and
WHEREAS, the exclusive use of Cooper Power System reclosers and controls allows
for interchangeability within the system; and
WHEREAS, the exclusive use of Cooper Power System reclosers and controls does not
require additional training of District personnel, and
WHEREAS, the exclusive use of Cooper Power System reclosers and controls will be
more compatible with future SCADA plans; and
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WHEREAS, the exclusive use of Cooper-Power.System reclosers and controls has the
potential of shortening outages by staff being familiar with the same equipment from
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station to station; and
WHEREAS, due to the facts set forth above, competitive bidding would be unavailing_
and would not produce an advantage to the District, and the advertisement for
competitive bids and the delay that would therefore result, would be undesirable;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL VED by the Board of Directors that the recitals set
forth above are adopted as findings and for the reasons set forth herein finds that
competitive proposals for the above described electrical apparatus would be
unavailing, would not produce an advantage to the District;further, the advertisement
for competitive bids and the resulting delay would be undesirable.
BE IT RESOL VED FURTHER that District staff is hereby authorized to dispense with
competitive bidding and purchase Cooper Power System reclosers and microprocessor
based recloser controls.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Truckee
Donner Public Utility District duly called and held in said District on the 1st day of
March 1993 by the following roll call vote:
A YES: Corbett, Jones, Maass and Aguera.
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NOES: None.
ABSTAIN: Sutton.
ABSENT: None.
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R. Aguera, resident
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usan M. Craig, Deputy Dis#ict Clerk
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