HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract renewal for Valve Maintenance and Related Services and Supplies for Power Plant RESOLUTION NO. 16-170
RESOLUTION APPROVING RENEWAL OF CONTRACT FOR VALVE
MAINTENANCE AND RELATED SERVICES AND SUPPLIES FOR POWER PLANT
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS, the Electric Utility's two high-pressure steam generation units in the City's
Power Plant, Units No. 7 and 8, require regular professional maintenance and repair; and,
WHEREAS, this consists of emergency service, as well as regularly scheduled, planned
repairs and services during scheduled outages; and,
WHEREAS, services include a large variety of boiler and pressure vessel maintenance and
repairs, structural steel, pump and piping work, and other miscellaneous mechanical Power Plant
work; and,
WHEREAS, due to these operational conditions, numerous valves are used to operate the
Power Plant, and these include isolation, control, check, relief and safety valves, which must be
professionally repaired, tested, installed, replaced, and maintained; and,
WHEREAS, specially trained personnel perform this work; and,
WHEREAS,on August 11,2015,the Council awarded a contract to Dowco Valve Company,
Inc., of Hastings, Minnesota, for the Valve Maintenance and Related Services and Supplies for the
Power Plant,and these services were to be from the award date through June 30,2016,in an amount
not to exceed $70,000; and,
WHEREAS, this contract included the option for the City to renew in one-year increments
for up to four additional years, and staff recommends renewing the contract for FY 2016/17; and,
WHEREAS, there is a rate provision under this contract that increases rates at fixed
percentages above the previous fiscal year's contracted rates at time of renewal, and the yearly rate
increase are 3% for Labor, 2% for Travel & Subsistence, and 1% for Equipment& Tools; and,
WHEREAS, this is the first renewal out of four maximum.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the contract renewal with Dowco Valve Company, Inc., of Hastings,Minnesota, for the Valve
Maintenance and Related Services and Supplies for the Power Plant from July 1, 2016, through
June 30, 2017, in an amount not to exceed $90,000 is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 12t1i day of April, 2016.
11"& A.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Mayor
Introduced by: Beatty-Hansen
Seconded by: Corrieri
Voting aye: Betcher, Beatty-Hansen, Corrieri, Gartin,Nelson, Orazem
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 12'day of April, 2016.