Council action to award change order #1 to P.O. 23000190 to Fletcher-Reinhardt in the amount of $60,000.00 to cover additional costs for Utility Hardware for the Power & Light Department. New amount of the purchase order will be $410,000.00.

IPL staff recommends approval of purchase order.

The Power and Light department needs to add $60,000.00 to the Fletcher-Reinhardt PO 23000190 on a Council approved contract from August of 2019 for the purchase of Utility Hardware. Utility hardware is ten categories (groups) of items that are used extensively by the Transmission and Distribution Division. This change order is needed due to the consistent price increases on material needed to ensure stock for day-to-day operations and to meet the needs of ongoing projects.

Approval of this change order would also authorize change orders of up to 10% of the new purchase order amount.

The fiscal impact to the City is $410,000.00 including change order for $60,000. The original PO amount was $350,000.00. Funding for the Utility Line Hardware is included in the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 adopted budget, page 241, account number 6122.5314, Warehouse & Stores Operating Expenses -Inventory, IPL fund 20.