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Adopt a Resolution Awarding Contract for 2025-27 Standby Generators Maintenance, Repair and Rental Contract to Holt of California, of Pleasant Grove ($642,600.84) (PW)
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MEETING DATE:
June 18, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution awarding Contract for 2025-27 Standby Generators Maintenance, Repair and Rental Contract to Holt of California, of Pleasant Grove, in the amount of 642,600.84.
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City of Lodi owns and operates 30 emergency standby generator sets that range in size between ten kilowatts (kW) to 2000 kW located at critical facilities. Examples of these facilities include fire stations, water wells and Surface Water Treatment Plant, sanitary lift stations, White Slough Water Pollution Control Facility (WSWPCF), and the police station. In addition to normal maintenance and repairs, WSWPCF periodically requires backup power during planned service interruption to the Northern California Power Agency's power plant, located adjacent to the treatment facility. A 2,000-kW generator rental is necessary to meet State requirements of redundant power supply. In the past, WSWPCF has experienced service interruption lasting up to 21 days.
Specifications for this project were approved on April 2, 2025. To be qualified to bid on this project, contractors were required to provide Certified Caterpillar Generator Technicians to work on City owned Caterpillar Generators. This requirement was based on the City Council's approval on February 19, 2003 of the standardization of standby electric generator systems to Olympian as supplied by Caterpillar as a sole source manufacturer, see attached Exhibit A within the Contract. This action was intended to simplify maintenance including reduction of part inventory costs, lessen the necessity of specialty tools including computer software, improve operations and reduce maintenance training. As a result of...
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