SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve Engineer of Record (EOR) Supplemental 1 Work Order for Jones Edmunds and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $32,500 for Northeast Water Reclamation Facility (NE WRF) Blend Tank Improvements (14-0036-UT) and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
This project will install facility improvements at the NE WRF. Improvements include upgrading the truck off-loading sludge pump station, sludge storage and blending tanks, sludge transfer pumps, dewatering feed pumps, and accompanying mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, and controls components.
August 20, 2015, City Council approved the initial work order for design, permitting, and bidding services for the Sludge Blending Tanks at the NE WRF to EOR Jones Edmunds and Associates, Inc. in the amount of $159,500.
During the design process, the City realized additional improvements were needed to further contribute to the flexibility, reliability, operations, and safety of the biosolids process. The upgrades include addition of grinder systems on sludge lines feeding the blending tanks and digester, odor control piping, bypass piping and valves for the magnetic flow meters, and adjustable discharge piping for the dewatering feed pumps.
Supplemental 1 Work Order is for design of additional improvements for a new total work order value of $192,000.
The City of Clearwater’s Public Utilities Department is responsible for owning, operating, and maintaining facilities at the Northeast Water Reclamation Facility.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
3217321-561300-96215
Funds are available in capital improvement project 96215, North East Plant Upgrades, Improvements, to fund this work order.