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C. 52

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Date:	May 24, 2022

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Costa

County

Subject:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE Amendment No. 5 to the Contract with Tri-City Power, Inc., to extend On-Call Uninterruptible Power Supply Services.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/24/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Kevin Lachapelle (925) 313-7082

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: May 24, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Tri-City Power, Inc., effective May 24, 2022, to extend the term from June 30, 2022 through October 31, 2022, to provide maintenance and emergency repairs to County Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units, with no change to the payment limit of $600,000, Countywide.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no fiscal impact with this action as it is only to extend the contract. Contract costs are budgeted in the Facilities Maintenance Budget.

BACKGROUND:

Public Works Facilities Services is responsible for maintenance and emergency repairs to the County's Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units. These units are put in line of incoming power to the buildings. In the case of a power outage, UPS units will allow the facility to continue functioning without losing power. Facilities Services has several of these units protecting facilities at various locations such as 30 Douglas for the Department of Information Technology's (DOIT’s) computer servers, detention centers and several Health Services facilities. Even in cases where a standby generator is available, these UPS units bridge the seconds-long gap between losing power and the generator coming online. Government Code Section 25358 authorizes the County to contract for the maintenance and upkeep of County facilities.

The contract with Tri-City Power Inc., is due to expire June 30, 2022. The Public Works Department is in the process of releasing a formal solicitation for UPS services and respectfully requests authorization to extend this contract to October 31, 2022, to ensure the County has access to the contractor's services pending evaluation, award and execution of the new UPS services contracts.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this amendment is not approved, UPS maintenance and repair services with Tri-City Power Inc., will be discontinued.