SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Award construction contracts for the 2018 Sewer Point Repairs and Improvements project (17-0060-UT) in the amount of $1,400,000 for an initial one-year term with an option for three renewal terms on a unit price basis to the following vendors: EnviroWaste Services Group, Inc. of Miami, FL, Engineered Spray Solutions, LLC of Lakeland, FL, and USSI, LLC of Venice, FL, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
The City has initiated a comprehensive maintenance program to clean, inspect, rehabilitate and repair existing sanitary sewer pipelines and manholes throughout the City of Clearwater. These proposed contracts will improve the integrity of the sanitary sewer system and minimize inflow and infiltration of groundwater and stormwater.
Bids for 2018 Sewer Point Repairs and Improvements, Sections B, D4 and F, were reviewed by city staff, who recommend award to the lowest responsible bids received in accordance with plans and specifications.
EnviroWaste Services Group, Inc. will be contracted to perform sanitary sewer cleaning and closed-circuit television (CCTV) visual inspection of sewer pipes for an amount not to exceed $750,000.00 per one-year term.
Engineered Spray Solutions, LLC will be contracted to perform manhole surfacing with a protective polyurethane coating for an amount not to exceed $400,000.00 per one-year term.
USSI, LLC will be contracted to perform smoke and dye testing on the sanitary sewer system for an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 per one-year term.
The City of Clearwater will direct contractors to high priority areas as established in the Public Utilities Department Capital Improvement Plan, the Waste Water Collection System Master Plan, and ongoing inflow and infiltration investigations.
The City of Clearwater’s Public Utilities Department is responsible for owning, operating and maintaining the wastewater collection system including all gravity sewer, force main pipelines and manholes that convey raw sewage to lift stations and/or City Water Reclamation Facilities.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
3277327-546900-96665 $750,000
3277327-546900-96665 $400,000
3277327-546900-96665 $250,000
First quarter budget amendments will provide transfers from Utility Renewal and Replacement Projects in amounts of $2,127,553.61 from 96218, Feasibility Studies/Evaluations - Sewer System, and $500,000.00 from 96634, Sanitary Utility Relocation, to 96665, Sanitary Sewer R & R, to fund these contracts.
Funding of $1,400,000 will be included in FY2020 through FY2022 Capital Improvement Project budgets and Utility Renewal and Replacement Project budgets to renew these contracts each year.