Title
Contract No. 1900741
Professional Engineering Services for the 96-Inch Water Transmission Main Relocation
CIP# 122004 / BCE 65.2
Body
Agenda of: January 22, 2020
Item No.: 2020-008
Amount: $26,634,516.37
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: January 6, 2020
RE: Contract No. 1900741
Professional Engineering Services for the 96-Inch Water
Transmission Main Relocation
Vendor: Jacobs Consultants, Inc.
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. 1900741 "Professional Engineering Services for the 96-Inch Water Transmission Main Relocation" with Jacobs Consultants, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $26,634,516.37 for a duration of 2,700 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
Contract No. 1900741 is a professional engineering services contract related to relocating a portion (approximately 2.5 miles) of GLWA's 96-inch diameter water transmission main. Overall, the 96-inch water transmission main is about 32 miles long and connects the Imlay Pump Station to the North Service Center Pump Station. The 96-inch main was constructed in the early 1960s and placed into service in 1965. It transmits drinking water from GLWA's Lake Huron Water Treatment Plant to a service population of over 1-million people in northern Oakland and Macomb counties.
Relocation of this main will generally involve constructing 2.5 miles of new 96-inch diameter main, installing new isolation valve stations equipped with large bypasses, decommissioning the existing 96-inch main located between Hamlin Road and 24 Mile Road, and rehabilitating pipeline appurtenances generally between 2...
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