Title
Approval of Services Agreement No. AGR 22-26 with Alpha Southwest, Inc. in the amount of $2,400,000.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, for the Purpose of Water Systems Well and Booster Station Operation, Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair
Recommended Action
I move that the County Council approve Services Agreement No. AGR 22-26 with Alpha Southwest, Inc. in the amount of $2,400,000.00, and a contingency in the amount of $240,000.00, for a total of $2,640,000.00, plus applicable gross receipts tax, for the purpose of Water Systems Well and Booster Station Operation, Maintenance, Troubleshooting and Repair.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities reviewed this request at their regular meeting of March 16, 2022 and unanimously recommends that Council approve the motion as presented.
Body
Alpha Southwest (ASW) is a firm very familiar with Department of Public Utilities (DPU) well and booster stations who have assisted DPU over the past 10 plus years with well and booster station facilities. This agreement will cement a 7-year relationship between ASW and DPU for the following services: 1) Development of improved field inspection forms and standard operating procedures; 2) Annual inspection of all well and booster stations (both WP & NP); 3) Annual training of WP staff on various aspects of well and booster station 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 12 functional well stations - this includes the new Otowi Well 2 station but does not include the currently non-functional Guaje Well 1A station. There are 18 booster stati...
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