Title
Award of Bid No. IFB 22-56 for the Purpose of the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant Tertiary Treatment Building Project.
Recommended Action
I move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the Award of Bid No. IFB 22-56 for the Purpose of the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant Tertiary Treatment Building Project with RMCI, Inc in the Amount of $3,016,609.00, plus Applicable Gross Receipts Tax, and a Contingency in the amount of $301,660.00, for a total project budget of $3,538,858.53, and forward to Council for approval. I further move that the Board of Public Utilities approve Budget Revision 2022-60 and forward to Council for approval.
Utilities Manager Recommendation
The Utilities Manager recommends that the Board approve as presented.
Body
The project will construct a new filtration building and filtration treatment process at the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant. The new filtration process will improve the water quality of the effluent to achieve Class A effluent which will allow Los Alamos County to expand the use of effluent water and conserve potable water. The higher quality water can be used in closer proximity to populated areas and with less restrictions on the times when irrigation can occur. The filtration improvements have been planned for a number of years in the capital improvement plan prepared as part of the Non-Potable Water Master Plan in 2013. The Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant currently produces effluent water quality classified as Class B.
Los Alamos County was awarded $2,500,000 in the 2021 legislative session from the Water Trust Board to construct a filtration treatment process at the Los Alamos Wastewater Treatment Plant. The award is a combination grant / loan, where grant component is $1,200,000 and the loan is $1,300,000 at 0% interest with a 0.25% annual fee on the balance. In addition, the DPU must contribute $210,000 in matching funds. The project was estimated in 2020 at the time DPU app...
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