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 Board of Public Utilities 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, and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board approve as presented.
Body
Alpha Southwest (ASW) is a firm very familiar with 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 stations in the WP system - two (Otowi BS 1 & Barranca BS 1) are currently inactive and are not anticipated to be a part of the services for 16 booster stations through this agreement. There are 4 booster stations in the NP syste...
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