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| December 8, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting | |
| Title 30. Notification of an Emergency Purchase of a Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) with GoForth Williamson in the Amount of $86,519. (Purchase Includes Installation Services) A VFD is an electric device used to control how water is pumped to provide service. VFD’s ensure reliability and redundancy for supplying major industrial customers, supplementing groundwater supply, and ensuring fire protection. This repair ensures an adequate supply of clean water at sufficient flow and pressure. (Industrial and Domestic Plant) | |
| Strategic Priority Infrastructure | |
| Description This is a notification of an emergency purchase of a 500 HP VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) from GoForth Williamson, Inc in the amount of $86,519. The Industrial and Domestic Plant had a twenty-five-year-old VFD that is beyond mechanical repair and has met its life span. This is the fourth unit of the original five that has failed. The VFD’s ensure reliability and redundancy for supplying major industrial customers, supplementing groundwater supply, and insuring fire protection. This repair insures an adequate supply of clean water at sufficient flow and pressure. This purchase also incudes the installation of the VFD.
The vendor is: E.P. GoForth Williamson, Inc (Griffin, GA)(D) $86,519 (D) Indicates non-local, non-DBE business. | |
| Recommendation Approval | |
| Contact Heath Lloyd, Assistant City Manager and Chief, Infrastructure and Development | |
| Financial Impact Expenditure of $86,519 from the Capital Improvement Fund and Water and Sewer Fund. | |
| Review Comments | |
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Attachments Exhibit 1: Funding Verification - Variable Frequency Drive.pdf Exhibit 2: Purchasing Notes - Variable Frequency Drive.pdf |
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