Title:
Title
Agreement: Purchase of CUES Spider Manhole Tripod System (Two-Thirds Vote Required)
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FileID
File ID: 2019-00790
Location
Location: Citywide
Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager's designee to: 1) suspend competitive bidding as it is in the best interests of the City; and 2) execute an Agreement with WECO Industries for the purchase of a Spider Camera and Tripod, for an amount not-to-exceed $155,025.
Contact: Gary DeJesus, Division Manager (916) 808-5173; Stacy Larkin, Program Analyst (916) 808-6356; William Busath, Director, (916) 808-1434; Department of Utilities
Body
Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Resolution
3-Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: Staff recommends Council approve an agreement with WECO Industries, for the purchase of CUES Spider ManholeTripod System.
This equipment will be used to inspect the approximately 20,000 sewer manholes in the City's infrastructure. The inspections are necessary since the condition of the manholes are largely unknown, with many of them aged and deteriorating. Inspections need to take place in order to prioritize for rehabilitation before failure of the asset, which could cause significant potential safety hazards to the public, including overflows, sinkholes, sewer back-ups, and road collapse.
Spider inspection equipment makes inspection of manholes safer and more efficient than past methods. A multi-sensor camera is lowered into the manhole via tripod, eliminating the need for entry by personnel, which has the potential to expose them to an unsafe environment. Manhole entry also requires additional staff on site for monitoring and safety, whereas the camera set up requires a maximum of two people.
The camera's technology builds a 3D model of the manhole and identifies all defects. The inspection would be coded back at the office by engineering and/or sewer personnel as opposed to th...
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