To: Board of Supervisors
From: Brian M. Balbas, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: Correct Staff Report # 23-733 with Beam Global
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE clarification of Board action of October 24, 2023, (23-733) with Beam Global, a corporation to correct the funding sources, with no change in the payment limit of $900,000 for the procurement of Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewal Chargers for the period of November 1, 2023 through October 31, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Product cost paid by County Departments and Measure X Funds.
* $515,000 allocated from Measure X Funds
* $385,000 allocated from County Departments - User Fees
BACKGROUND:
The transition of the County fleet to electric vehicles (EV) requires charging equipment that is readily available where vehicles are housed at various county departments. The Beam Global Electric Vehicle Autonomous Renewal Chargers (EV ARC) are fully self-contained, transportable solar powered EV charging stations which will allow quicker replacement of internal combustion engine vehicles at building locations where existing electrical panels do not have adequate capacity to support electric vehicle charging stations. The State of California Department of General Services has a statewide contract with Beam Global (Contract Number 1-22-61-16) which allows local government agencies usage of the contracted pricing in the State's contract.
On October 24, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved this staff report # 23-733 with Beam Global, in an amount not to exceed $900,000 however, the Measure X funding component was not mentioned therefore, this new staff report is to include the appropriate funding sources.
The purpose of this staff report is to clarify the error from the previous staff report where all the appropriate funding sources were not appropriately listed.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this purchase order is n...
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