Title
Requisition No. REQ-0009485
CEMS Replacement for Incinerators 7 & 8
O&M
Body
Agenda of: June 24, 2026
Item No.: 2026-221
Amount: $2,299,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: June 5, 2026
RE: Requisition No. REQ-0009485
CEMS Replacement for Incinerators 7 & 8
Vendor: Commercial Contracting Corporation
Status: New Contract/PO
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Navid Mehram, Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater Operating Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Requisition No. REQ-0009485, “CEMS Replacement for Incinerators 7 & 8” with Commercial Contracting Corporation, at a cost not to exceed $2,299,000.00 for a duration of 549 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
In 1990, the Clean Air Act of 1970 was substantially amended to require the continuous monitoring of air pollutant emissions from sewage sludge incinerators (SSIs). In anticipation of the 1990 amendments, Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) were installed for the Complex I and Complex II Incinerators in the late 1980s to continuously monitor oxygen, total hydrocarbons, and moisture. Due to equipment obsolescence and unreliability, the CEMS units were replaced in 2002 with units that are still in operation today.
JUSTIFICATION
The current CEMS at the Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) are more than two decades old and require frequent maintenance, leading to a large amount of downtime. For example, between August 2020 to August 2024, the accumulated downtime due to CEMS failure was more than 5,000 hours, which significantly impacted the incinerators firm capacity. In the same period, CEMS Nos. 7 and 8 were found to be the most failure prone. Since the CEMS connections are crisscrossed in pairs and two panels are on a single platform, it is ideal to upgrade one pair of CEMS simultaneously. This project was originally planned to be done under Contract No. 2000917 but was delayed due to investigating other possible sludge disposal alternatives. The remaining scope, not related to this activity, in the previous contract was completed and closed. This requisition decouples the project activity from the previous contract, provides for the continuity of project work started in the previous contract, and leverages unique expertise relative to the incineration processes.
FINANCIAL PLAN IMPACT
Summary: The FY 2027 - FY 2031 Financial Plan was created with the anticipation of future CEMS replacements. There are sufficient funds in the financial plan to cover the maximum value of this contract.
Funding Source: Improvement and Extension (I&E) - 5404
Cost Center: Wastewater Incineration Process - 892226
Expense Type: Capital Outlay over $5K(I&E-Capitalized)
Estimated Cost by Year and Related Forecast Variance:
Fiscal Year Amount
FY 2027 Financial Plan $2,000,000.00
FY 2028 Financial Plan (Prorated) $504,109.59
Total Financial Plan $2,504,109.59
Maximum Contract $2,299,000.00
Variance (Positive/(Negative)) $205,109.59
COMMITTEE REVIEW
This item was presented to the Operations and Resources Committee at its meeting on June 10, 2026.
SHARED SERVICES IMPACT
This item does not impact the shared services agreement between GLWA and DWSD.