Title
Proposed Amendment No. 1
Contract No. 2003901
Water Resource Investigations
O&M
Body
Agenda of: April 24, 2024
Item No.: 2024-151
Amount: Original Contract $1,365.000.00
Proposed Amendment No.1 2,244,987.00
Total Contract Amount $3,609,987.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: March 28, 2024
RE: Proposed Amendment No. 1
Contract No. 2003901
Water Resources Investigations
Vendor: U.S. Geological Survey
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Jody Caldwell, Chief Planning Officer, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 2003901, Proposed Amendment No. 1, "Water Resources Investigations" with U.S. Geological Survey, (USGS), at an increased cost of $2,244,987.00 for a total cost not to exceed $3,609,987.00 and an increased duration of three (3) years for a total duration of eight (8) years.; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
A key outcome of GLWA's Wastewater Master Plan (WWMP) was a recommendation to measure the impacts of future system improvements in terms of benefits to regional water quality. This requires the collection of baseline data followed by consistent long-term monitoring of ambient conditions in regional watersheds to compare against that baseline. To that end, the WWMP proposed a River Water Quality Monitoring Program ("Program"), to be implemented in two phases, as part of the iterative process to prove out investments made. The Program is carried out in partnership with the United States Geological Survey (USGS). USGS is responsible for a portion of the funding, the installation and maintenance of all monitoring equipment, and data collection, QA/QC, and storage.
Phase I of the Program began in the...
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