Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR 22-25 with James, Cooke & Hobson, Inc. in the amount of $480,000.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Sewer Lift Station and WWTP Pump System Operation, Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair.
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve Services Agreement No. AGR 22-25 with James, Cooke & Hobson, Inc. in the amount of $480,000.00 and a contingency in the amount of $48,000.00, for a total of $528,000.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of Sewer Lift Station and Wastewater Treatment Plant Pump Systems - Operation, Maintenance and Training Services, and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board approve as presented.
Body
James, Cooke and Hobson (JCH) is a firm very familiar with DPU sewer lift stations who have assisted DPU over the past 10 plus years with sewer lift station and Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) pump systems. This agreement will cement a 7-year relationship between JCH and DPU for the following services: 1) Development of improved field inspection forms and standard operating procedures; 2) Annual inspection of all sewer lift stations and WWTP pump systems; 3) Annual training of WC and WT staff on various aspects of sewer lift station and WWTP pump system facilities (with a lean toward State certification training and testing requirements); 4) Provide for On Call Emergency and Non-Emergency response, troubleshooting and repair services; 5) Immediate (or immediate scheduling for) repair & replacement of equipment found deficient during emergencies.
There are currently 27 sewer lift stations and 7 WWTP pump systems. After the White Rock WWTP project is completed the number of WWTP pump systems will rise to 9 systems. The 10-year CIP plan for DPU includes some sewer lift station eliminations and current development plans call for some sewer lift station additions. The agreemen...
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