HomeMy WebLinkAbout11-02 RESOLUTION NO. 11-02
A RESOLUTION of the City Council of the City of Port Angeles,
Washington, designating MagnaDrive, Inc. as the sole source for
the design, acquisition, and installation of magnetic coupler units
for the City's water and wastewater systems and declaring an
exception to normal bidding requirements.
WHEREAS, the Wastewater Utility Division of the City's Public Works and Utilities
Department has budgeted this year to proceed with the installation of MagnaDrive magnetic
coupler units at Pump Station No. 4.
WHEREAS, MagnaDrive magnetic coupler units generate an energy savings over the
existing technology as calculated by the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA); and
WHEREAS, this energy savings has a payback within the useful life of each unit and is
above any return from the existing pumping configuration; and
WHEREAS, the Water Utility Division of the City's Public Works and Utilities
Department has facilities that may benefit from the future installation of MagnaDrive magnetic
coupler units; and
WHEREAS, due to the proprietary nature of the MagnaDrive coupler system, MagnaDrive
is the only contractor suitable for the installation of the system, which under RCW 39.04.280(1)(a)
is an allowable basis for waiving competitive bidding requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles
as follows:
Section 1. MagnaDrive, Inc. is designated the "sole source" supplier of magnetic coupler
units for water and wastewater pumping stations for the City's water and wastewater systems.
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Section 2. An exception from normal bidding requirements is hereby implemented, under
which the design, acquisition, and installation of MagnaDrive magnetic coupler units need not be
competitively bid.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Angeles at a regular meeting of said
Council held on the 17th day of September ,2002.
MAYOR
ATTEST: APP~.xED AS TO FORM:
B~ky J. U~n, fS/ty Clerk/- - Craig D. Kn%atson, City Attorney
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