REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Action to Authorize the Office of the City Manager to Negotiate and Execute Amendments to Agreements for the Performance of Services with Precept Environmental, Inc. and Art Alger, Inc. dba Peninsula Crane & Rigging to Extend the Terms and Increase the Maximum Compensations
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
BACKGROUND
Silicon Valley Power (SVP), the City of Santa Clara's Electric Utility, owns significant assets requiring ongoing maintenance including three power plants in City limits, several remote assets, substations, as well as transmission and distribution lines throughout the City. Additionally, SVP is required to comply with safety and regulatory requirements including North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD).
In order to support the various maintenance and regulatory needs of the electric utility, SVP contracts with over one hundred contractors, consultants, and other vendors to provide services and products. Most of the services referenced in this report are provided at SVP's power generation facilities located in City of Santa Clara: (1) The main facility, the Donald Von Raesfeld Power Plant (DVR), is a 2x1 combined cycle power plant rated at 147 Megawatts of electrical power; (2) City of Santa Clara Cogeneration Plant (Cogen), is a cogeneration facility that utilizes two gas turbines for power generation. Waste heat from Cogen is collected to generate steam for supply to a paper mill. This facility is rated at 7 Megawatts; and (3) The Gianera Generating Station (Gianera), the City's peaking generation facility, is rated at 49.5 Megawatts of electrical power.
During the last two years, SVP and the Purchasing Division of the Finance Department have been working closely together to ...
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