STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Core
AGENDA DATE: August 27, 2025
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Citywide
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Donzell Gipson
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a three-year service price agreement for electric motor repair services for the Dallas Water Utilities Department - Allen's Electric Motor Service, Inc. dba Allen's Pump & Rentals, lowest responsible bidder of four - Estimated amount of $2,747,726.00 - Financing: Dallas Water Utilities Fund ($2,608,726.00) and Stormwater Drainage Management Fund ($139,000.00) (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This service price agreement will provide electric motor repair services for the Dallas Water Utilities Department. This agreement includes rebuilding, diagnostic testing, and maintenance of approximately 450 electric motors. Electric motors provide power for water and wastewater pumps at 29 pumping stations, 15 lift stations, three water purification plants, and two wastewater plants located throughout the City.
The electric motors range in size from 10 to 3,500 horsepower and are used to distribute an average of 404 million gallons of treated water and 200 million gallons of wastewater daily for the Dallas Water Utilities Department. Equipment serviced under this agreement includes but is not limited to:
* Outdoor ornamental fountains
* Swimming pool equipment
* Hot water/chiller pumps
* Exhaust fans
* Sewage pumps
As part of the solicitation process and in an effort to increas...
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