Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR17-12 with Crown Technical System, a California Company, in the amount of $1,403,455.43 and a contingency in the amount of $75,000.00, for a total of $1,478,455.43, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of the Los Alamos New Substation Switchgear Facility ("LASS").
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve, in a form acceptable to the County Attorney, Services Agreement AGR17-12 with Crown Technical Systems, a California Company, in the amount of $1,403,455.43 and a contingency in the amount of $75,000.00, for a total of $1,478,455.43, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of Los Alamos New Substation Switchgear Facility, “LASS”.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
The construction of the LASS substation project is the single most important electric reliability project for Los Alamos and in order to maintain an acceptable SAIDI (System Average Interruption Duration Index) target. LASS is critical for providing the electrical power requirements for Los Alamos now and into the foreseeable future. The LASS substation project doubles the electrical capacity for the Los Alamos town site area with the construction of eight (8) new underground feeders (power lines). The new feeders redistribute power within Los Alamos, halves the number of customers per feeder (helps SAIDI), and greatly increases feeder redundancy for re-routing of power during outage events or other electrical emergencies (helps SAIDI); i.e. increases electrical back-feeding capabilities.
Alternatives
Council could choose not to accept the Agreement, but that would be detrimental to the electrical reliability and electrical capacity needs for the Los Alamos town site. Council could also choose to go with the NON-arc resistant alternative ($34,000 less), but this is a less safe alternative (versus the arc-resistant recommended alternative).
Fiscal and Staff Impact
The LASS Substation Project including the purchasing of the switchgear substation, duct bank construction, etc. has a $2,000,000 budget. Lots of staff time will be required over the next 8 months for design submittal reviews, on site acceptance testing, etc., installation and energizing of LASS will be performed by in-house line crews.
Attachments
A - AGR17-12
B - LASS RFP Pricing Summary