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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing City Manager to Execute Five-Year Contract with Camlin, Inc. of Peachtree Corners, GA for Transformer Monitoring Pilot Project ($129,023.17) (EU)
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MEETING DATE:
January 15, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Jasminder Singh, Engineering Operational Technology Supervisor
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a five-year contract with Camlin, Inc. of Peachtree Corners, GA for a Transformer Monitoring Pilot Project in the amount of $129,023.17.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Lodi Electric Utility (LEU) has a fleet of substation power transformers of varying vintage. While these units undergo regular maintenance, greater operational insight is needed into their working conditions.
Camlin, Inc. (Camlin) provides an all-encompassing online transformer monitoring system that will allow LEU to gain greater operational and engineering insight. Due to the vintage of LEU's transformer fleet and the importance of substation transformers operating within the electrical grid, Camlin was chosen to provide a pilot project for one of the substation power transformers online monitoring. The pilot will look to monitor transformer bushings, oil, temperature, load, and more. Bushing, oil, core and coil windings, and other components are usually tested in four- to five-year intervals, with some of the components on an annual basis. Online monitoring will allow LEU to monitor, in real-time, these components, supplementing the normal testing intervals rather than replacing which leads to greater confidence in operability of transformer units nearing 30 to 40 years of age - important considering these vital pieces of equipment cost upwards of $3 million.
In accordance with Lodi Municipal Code, Section 3.20.070 and 3.20.075, bidding shall be dispensed when the commodity can be obtained from only one vendor and engineering services contracts are specifically exempt from adver...
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