Finance Committee - Agenda - 12/7/2016 - P148
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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: November 21, 2016
Noelle Osborne
Plant Operations Supervisor
Purchase of Pipeline Inspection Camera System
To approve the purchase a R.S. Technical Inc. Pipeline Inspection Camera System
from H.P. Fairfield, Pembroke, NH price of $138,600.10 pursuant to the Huston-
Galveston Area Counsel (HGAC) contract SCO1-15. Funding will be through
Department: 169 Wastewater; Fund: WERF - Collection Systems; Account
Classification 81 Machinery & Equipment.
R.S. Technical Inc. quotes.
The camera system currently in use is 15 years old and showing signs of age.
Reliability has become an issue with the breakdowns of the camera, carriage, and
the software is out of regulatory compliance.
The proposed camera system from R. S. Technical Inc. was the choice of the
pipeline camera crew after demonstrating four systems over the last year. R. S.
Technical will outfit a van with a portable office with everything necessary to
record and document findings, clean up equipment and environmental controls.
One of the biggest benefits of this system over the others is part availability;
common repair parts for the camera carriages are available at local hardware
stores instead of having to order everything. The video cable is a steel armored
single conductor and easily repaired in the field with the tools supplied. Other
systems have a cable with 7 smaller wires. Additionally, should a camera fail, R.
S. Technical will send a loaner camera while repairs are made.