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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to enter into Contract # 6001540, with Wesco Distributors Inc. for the blanket purchase of 1.5" through 10" cold water electronic billing meters (Group B) for the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department (DWSD) for a period of four years at a cost not to exceed $4,027,554.20 and authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of September 19, 2018
Item No. 18-0201
Contract No. 6001540
Vendor: Wesco Distributors Inc.
Duration: upon approval, tentatively 10/1/2018 - 9/30/2022 (Four years)
Original Amount: $4,027,554.20
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Detroit Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Purchase of 1.5" through 10" Cold Water Electronic Billing Meters (Group B)
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Thomas Naughton, Chief Financial Officer, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director Contract # 6001540, with Wesco Distributors Inc. , for the blanket purchase of 1.5" through 10" cold water electronic billing meters (Group B) for the Detroit Water & Sewerage Department (DWSD) for a period of four years a cost not to exceed $4,027,554.20 and authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
In FY 2016-17, DWSD Meter Operations division replaced 11,000 cold water billing meters of various sizes, to provide customers with the most accurate and efficient, water usage, and meter reading for their respective service application. Each make and model, based on meter size, facility and service type, may have qualities that fit certain service applications. For the purpose of the three meter contracts, the meters were divided, based on size and quantity needed, into t...
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