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<br />REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br /> <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br /> <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br /> <br />OCTOBER 2, 2006 <br />TITLE: <br /> <br />APPROVED <br /> <br />D As Recommended <br />D As Amended <br />D Ordinance on 15t Reading <br />D Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />D Implementing Resolution <br />D Set Public Hearing For <br /> <br />CONTRACT AWARD FOR <br />VARIABLE SPEED DIGITAL <br />PUMP DRIVES <br /> <br /> <br />(SPEC.~~ <br /> <br />CONTINUED TO <br /> <br />FILE NUMBER <br /> <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br /> <br />Award a contract to Irvine Pipe & Supply, Inc. for the purchase of variable <br />speed digital pump drives in the amount of $12,437. <br /> <br />DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The Public Works Agency's Water Resources Division uses chlorine generation <br />units to treat water pumped from most of the City's wells and pump <br />stations. The existing pump drives in the chlorine generation units <br />operate with low efficiency and need to be replaced in order to maintain <br />system reliability. Once installed, the variable speed digital pump drives <br />will improve the accuracy of the chlorine generation units and the <br />operating efficiency of the City's water production system. <br /> <br />The notice inviting bids was advertised on August 25 and 28, 2006, and bids <br />were solicited. A summary of the bid invitations and bids received is as <br />follows: <br /> <br />21 Invitations For Bid mailed <br />6 Invitations For Bid mailed to Santa Ana vendors <br />1 Bid received <br />1 Bid received from a Santa Ana vendor <br /> <br />Bids were received, opened on September 12, 2006, and evaluated. The bid <br />received from Irvine Pipe & Supply, Inc., a Santa Ana vendor, is responsive <br />to the specifications and meets the City's requirements. <br /> <br />22G-1 <br />