REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Delegate Authority to the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute an Agreement for Services with International Cooling Tower to Overhaul a Cooling Tower and to Perform Ongoing As-needed Maintenance and Repair Services at the Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant for Silicon Valley Power
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
The City of Santa Clara's Electric Utility, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), operates three power generation facilities within the city limits: the Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant (DVR), the City of Santa Clara Cogen, and the Gianera Generating Station. The DVR facility is the main plant and is a 2x1 combined cycle power plant rated at 147 Megawatts of electrical power. The cooling tower at the DVR was designed to reject waste heat from equipment for the safe, reliable operation of the DVR. The cooling tower was constructed and commissioned in 2005 by GEA Integrated Cooling Technologies.
Recent inspections of the DVR cooling tower have determined that for reliability, some structural and rotating equipment require replacement as soon as possible.
DISCUSSION
On August 24, 2022, staff issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) #22-23-20 to solicit proposals from qualified firms for the overhaul of the DVR cooling tower, as-needed maintenance and repairs, ongoing support testing and inspection, and associated materials and equipment at the DVR.
Services will include cooling tower overhaul, as needed maintenance and repairs, ongoing testing and inspection, associated materials and equipment, and contingency. The RFP was published on the City's bid notification system and three proposals were received from Cooling Tower Depot (Golden, CO), EvapTech, Inc. (Edwardsville, KS), and International Cooling Tower (Deer Park, TX).
Evaluation Process:
Proposals were evaluated and scored independently by a three-member evaluation team against the criteria an...
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