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Approval of Agreement with Eaton Corporation - Oil Filled Transformer Testing at Water Authority Facilities
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This item is for approval to enter into an agreement with Eaton Corporation to draw and analyze oil samples on transformers at the Water Authority facilities.
The Water Authority is using an existing GSA Contract (#GS07F-9460G) for this contract. The Water Authority will contract with Eaton Corporation until the GSA contract expires on February 28, 2014.
As part of the ongoing effort to improve operational reliability through Asset Management, routine transformer testing is needed to ensure that the equipment is operating as designed. The goal is to identify units that are past their intended useful life through this testing and either have them rehabbed or replaced so that operational downtime is minimized at the Water Authority's critical facilities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The agreement with Eaton Corporation to perform the transformer oil testing and analysis for the Water Authority facilities is $190,772.44. This amount is based upon the testing of approximately 212 oil filled transformers at a unit price of $841.00 each. The total contract amount may increase based upon the actual number of transformer oil testing and analysis performed by Eaton Corporation for the Water Authority.