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Authorize a contract for communication equipment, including hardware, software licensing and maintenance, installation, and training services for the utility's substation relay protection and control system for Austin Energy with Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., for an initial term of three years with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $2,015,000. Funding: $1,565,060 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
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Lead Department
Austin Financial Services.
Client Department(s)
Austin Energy.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $1,565,060 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
Procurement Language:
Sole Source.
MBE/WBE:
Sole source contracts are exempt from the City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program); therefore, no subcontracting goals were established.
For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to Austin Financial Services - Central Procurement at: FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
August 10, 2026- Recommended by the Electric Utility Commission on a 7-0 vote, with Commissioners Alvarez, Reed, and White absent, and one vacancy.
Additional Backup Information:
This contract will provide Austin Energy with essential communication equipment, including hardware, software maintenance, installation, and training services for the utility's substation relay protection and control system. The system supports relay communications between substations and the System Control and Data Acquisition network.
These components support critical, real time communications between substations across the electric transmission grid ...
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