Item 20 Passedunofficial
Authorize eleven contracts for critical electric utility supplies and equipment for Austin Energy with Apfelbaum Industrial Inc.; KBS Electrical Distributors Inc.; Kerec Co., Ltd.; Priester-Mell & Nicholson Inc.; PulseMac Solutions, LLC; Stuart C Irby Company d/b/a Stuart C Irby Co.; Sungjin Transformer Inc. d/b/a Sungjin Transformer; Taihan Electric USA Ltd.; Techline Inc.; Texas Electric Cooperatives; and Wesco Distribution, Inc., each for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $200,000,000, divided among the contractors. Funding: $200,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy.
The Council is being asked to sign off on eleven contracts to stock Austin Energy with critical supplies and equipment — think transformers, electrical distribution gear, and the like — that keep the grid running. Each contract runs an initial two years with up to three one-year extensions. The deal is capped at $200,000,000 total, split among the contractors, with funding coming from Austin Energy's Capital Budget.
"Without objection, the consent agenda is adopted" — meeting transcript (unofficial)