Title
Contract No. 1905101
Northeast Water Treatment Plant High-Pressure Water System Emergency Partial Replacement
CIP # N/A / BCE Score: N/A
Body
Agenda of: April 22, 2020
Item No.: 2020-096
Amount: $3,000,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: March 4, 2020
RE: Contract No. 1905101
Northeast Water Treatment Plant High-Pressure Water System
Emergency Partial Replacement
Vendor: J.F. Cavanaugh Company
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. 1905101 "Northeast Water Treatment Plant High-Pressure Water System Emergency Partial Replacement" with J.F. Cavanaugh Company, at a cost not to exceed $3,000,000.00 for a duration of 310 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The high-pressure water (HPW) system at the Northeast Water Treatment Plant (NEWTP) serves as a source of hydraulic power to operate valves that control all the filters and the suction valves on the low lift pumps at NEWTP. There is one hydropneumatic storage tank that serves as the main source of hydraulic power (i.e. pressure) to operate the filter and low-lift pump suction valves. The hydropneumatic storage tank, connected piping, controls, and other appurtenances are original to the 1953 construction of NEWTP and are beyond their functional service life. The tank and some of the connected piping are severely deteriorated and corroded to the point where a sudden failure might occur. Additionally, unplanned maintenance on the controls has increased in frequency over the last year requiring constant attention from plant staff to keep the HPW system functioning. If a sudden failure...
Click here for full text