Title
Award of Bid No. IFB 25-31 and Approval of Budget Revision 2025-53 for the Purpose of the Bayo Non-Potable Booster Rehabilitation Project with TLC Company, Inc.
Recommended Action
I move that Council approve the award of Bid No. IFB 25-53 for the purpose of Bayo Non-Potable Booster Rehabilitation Project in the amount of $1,400,035.00, a contingency in the amount of $180,000.00, for a total project amount of $1,580,035.00, plus NMGRT. I further move that Council approve Budget Revision 2025-53 and include Attachment B as part of minutes of this meeting.
Utilities Manager's Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that Council approve IFB25-31 and Budget Revision 2025-53 as presented.
Board, Commission or Committee Recommendation
The Board of Public Utilities approved this request at their work session on May 7, 2025 and recommends that Council approve IFB25-31 and Budget Revision 2025-53 as presented.
Body
The Bayo Booster Station, located adjacent to the composting facility, pumps treated effluent from the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant up to a tank near the Los Alamos Middle School. The booster station has been in service for 31 years. The electric gear, valves, and miscellaneous mechanical features will be replaced as part of this project. The electric gear is aged and is at the end of its service life. The Bayo Booster Station is the single means to pump effluent into Los Alamos and this rehabilitation effort will prepare the facility for many years of reliable operation.
Alternatives
If Council does not award the project, staff will continue to pursue the project to rehabilitate the Bayo Non-Potable Booster Building and equipment to maintain reliable irrigation water to the North Mesa ball fields and golf course.
Fiscal and Staff Impact/Planned Item
The project has been budgeted through Water Production in FY 2025 in the amount of $1,000,000.00. The project is funded by a Clean Water State Revolving Loan/Sub...
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