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The Eastern Guilford High School replacement facility will include an elevator. Our facilities staff has determined that a backup generator for the school is indeed a requirement to support several life safety systems (i.e., the elevator, emergency lighting and fire alarm system) as well as critical loads (i.e., telecom, intercom, security, telephone, freezer and cooler). The generator will be sized and configured in a similar manner to the generator that was installed at Northern Guilford High School.
Facilities staff evaluated the lease agreement with Duke Energy and also requested additional information relative to the equipment cost and value of services (see attachment). Duke Energy will design, procure, install, test, own and maintain (inspect and service) a back-up generation system at the Eastern Guilford High School site for a fee of $3,000 per month for one-hundred twenty (120) months [annual cost = $3,000 x 12 or $36,000; total cost = $3,000 x 120 or $360,000]. The fees associated with the Northern Guilford High School generator [annual cost = $4,430 x 12 or $53,160; total cost = $4,430 x 120 or $531,600] have been paid and the fees associated with the Eastern Guilford High School generator will be paid from our energy budget.
Due to the relationship with life safety support equipment, the routine maintenance and operations of the generator must be conducted by certified technicians. While our maintenance department is not trained or equipped to provide the level of service for this equipment, our facilities staff believe that Duke Power is inherently well suited to provide this service.
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that we move forward with authorization for the Eastern Guilford High School Generator Project lease agreement. We are approaching a critical point in the project schedule related to ordering and installing the equipment.
Attachment - Components in Duke Energy's Generation Service
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