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File #: 2025-358    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: New Business
File created: 10/27/2025 In control: Board of Directors Workshop Meeting
On agenda: 11/20/2025 Final action:
Title: Proposed Amendment No. 3 Contract No. 2304128/SCN-0000513 Boiler Operation and Maintenance Services at the Water Resource Recovery Facility O&M
Sponsors: Navid Mehram
Indexes: Wastewater Operations

Title
Proposed Amendment No. 3
Contract No. 2304128/SCN-0000513
Boiler Operation and Maintenance Services at the Water Resource Recovery Facility
O&M

Body
Agenda of: November 20, 2025
Item No.: 2025-358
Amount: Original Contract $300,000.00
Amendment No. 1 300,000.00
Amendment No. 2 14,500.00
Proposed Amendment No. 3 1,800,000.00
Total Contract Amount $2,414,500.00

TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority

FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority

DATE: October 27, 2025

RE: Proposed Amendment No. 3
Contract No. 2304128/SCN-0000513
Boiler Operation and Maintenance Services at the Water Resource Recovery Facility
Vendor: ABM Industry Groups, LLC
Status: Amendment/Change Order

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 Contract No. 2304128/SCN-0000513, Proposed Amendment No. 3, "Boiler Operation and Maintenance Services at the Water Resource Recovery Facility, with an increase in cost of $1,800,000.00 for a total cost not to exceed $2,414,500.00 and an increased duration of 365 days for a total duration of 728 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA awarded a qualification-based selection procurement to ABM Industry Groups, LLC on November 1, 2024. This contract provides GLWA with the required boiler operations staff required by the City of Detroit. The original contract was $300,000.00 and was based on assumptions of estimated spend, as GLWA has traditionally relied on in-house personnel to provide boiler operations. Amendment No. 1, executed on March 13, 2025, extended the contract time and added additional funds. Ame...

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