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Award of IFB 21-43 Otowi Well #2 Well House & Equipment and Otowi Well #4 MCC Replacement Project
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Award of IFB 21-43 with RMCI, Inc. for the purpose of Otowi Well #2 Well House & Equipment and Otowi Well #4 MCC Replacement Project in the amount of $3,240,836, and a contingency of $282,001, plus New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax, and approve related Budget Revision 2022-02, Option A, as summarized on Attachment D and that the attachment be made part of the minutes of this meeting, and forward to Council for approval.
Staff Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board approve as presented.
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This project will construct the new well house, vertical turbine pump and electric gear to bring the new Otowi Well #2 online. The new well will produce 1,300 gallons-per-minute when in service and will provide water to White Rock and LANL. This project was initiated in 2016 to supplement the Pajarito Well field which has three existing wells which are nearing the end of their service life. The well drilling, development and water transmission line were completed in 2019. In addition, the motor control center (MCC) at Otowi Well #4 will be replaced. This well is located about a mile west of Otowi Well #2, and is also in Los Alamos Canyon, and was added to the project to take advantage of the economy of scale while performing similar work in the vicinity. The MCC at Otowi Well #4 is at the end of its service life and in need of replacement for continued reliable operation of the well. The construction drawings are provided as Attachment A.
The Otowi Well #2 site is adjacent to an existing natural gas line owned and operated by New Mexico Gas Company. Prior to beginning the design of the new well house an evaluation (Attachment E) was performed to compare a natural gas driven well versus an electric driven well and a hybrid design. The results were presented to the ...
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