Title
Contract No. 1802448
Engineering, Design and Construction Assistance Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main
(CIP# 122013)
Body
Agenda of: February 27, 2019
Item No.: 2019-048
Amount: $6,819,890.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: February 6, 2019
RE: Contract No. 1802448
Engineering, Design and Construction Assistance Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main
Vendor: Brown and Caldwell, LLC
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water and Field Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1802448, "Engineering, Design and Construction Assistance Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main" with Brown and Caldwell, LLC at a cost not to exceed $6,819,890.00 for a duration of 4 years, 10 months; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
Contract No. 1802448 (CIP No. 122013) is a professional engineering services contract that involves the design and construction administration services related to the capital improvements to construct a new transmission main from 8 Mile Road to 14 Mile Road along the Halsted/Haggerty Corridor to provide redundancy to the existing single feed transmission system along 14 Mile Road. In the GLWA 2015 Water Master Plan Update, several areas in the transmission system were noted as needing improvements in redundancy. In many cases, these redundancy concerns centered on the issue of single feed transmission systems with no redundancy. One of the longest single feed transmission systems identified in the Master Plan Update was a single feed transmission system in western Oakland County that provides service to at least 150,000 users or greater. This single, non-looped transmission mai...
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