Title
Award of Bid No. IFB 25-45 for the Purpose of Purpose of the Trinity Drive Primary Electric Replacement with DUB-L-EE LLC. in the Amount of $988,917.01 plus a 20% Contingency in the Amount of $197,783.40, and Applicable Gross Receipts Tax
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the Award of Bid No. IFB 25-45 for the purpose of the Trinity Drive primary electric replacement with DUB-L-EE LLC. in the amount of $988,917.01 plus a 20% Contingency of $197,783.40, and Applicable Gross Receipts Tax.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission of Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities approved this request at their regular session on June 25, 2025 and recommends that Council approve the Award of Bid No. IFB 25-45 as presented.
Body
The direct buried three phase primary line along Trinity Drive and down Oppenheimer Drive has failed several times. The past outages affect over 1,600 customers. This project is the replacement of the feeder 13-line section, installation two new switches at Trinity and Oppenheimer, and proceed down Trinity Drive to replace a three-phase line. The new line is needed to support the Western Area, Pajarito Ski Hill and the Los Alamos Medical Center. Also, this project will support the residential area from Oppenheimer to Timber Ridge. The project will include the trench installation of 6” conduits, switch cabinets, pull boxes, junction boxes and primary cable. The project also includes 4” conduit and junction boxes for the county fiber network and new sidewalks installed where this trench impacts them. Most of the trenching work is contained within the sidewalks and there will be a small lane drop where crews are working for safety reasons while maintaining two way traffic at all times.
Alternatives
If the primary line is not replaced, future line failures are inevitable and will cause outages to customers along Trinity ...
Click here for full text