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• r� L INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM JANUARY 31, 1985 TO: Luther Maxey - Assistant Director of Public Works FROM: J. Ray - Purchasing A nt SUBJECT: Sealed Bid #0067 Advertised, sealed b r#0067 for the purchase and installation of two auxiliary diesel engines at Water Wells #1A an were opene an rea in City Counci am ers anuary at p.m. id invitations were mailed to eleven area contractors with the following five returning bids: (1) M.S. Beck Co., (2) I.C.S., (3) Stewart and Stevenson Services Inc., (4) Sepco, Inc. and (5) Demar Engineering. These engines will replace two LeRoi natural gas engines that are around twenty years old and have been deemed uneconomical to repair. Both auxiliary power units will be required to provide electrical power to Water Wells #1A and #3 in the event of a power outage, enabling City water crews to maintain pressure in the Water distribution system in emergency periods. Low bid was submitted by Demar Engineering Inc. in the amount of $34,122.00, a completion time of seventy days, and a warranty of one year. Although Demar Engineering has submitted engines which basically meet City of La Porte speci- fications, they did not supply the required references for work done in this field. The low bid submitted by Demar Engineering was rejected for lack of experience and specificity. Low bid meeting specifications was submitted by Sepco Industries Inc. of Houston, Texas. Total bid price submitted was $38,845.00, a completion time of one -hundred days and a warranty of one year. Sepco Industries has been actively involved in the pump and power distribution business for over seventy-six years and has provided the requisite references and bonding requirements. A total of fifty -thousand dollars is presently appropriated in the 1984-85 Water/Wastewater Capital Improvement Fund for the completion of this project. I recommend that the City of La Porte award turnkey installation of auxiliary diesel engines at Water Wells #1A and #3 to Sepco Industries in the amount of $38,845.00 and a completion time of 100 days. I trust this recommendation will meet with your approval. JR/mb cc: J. Hodge, B. Herrera Attachment: Tabulation #0067