Title
GLWA-CON-285
Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement
Body
Agenda of: September 26, 2018
Item No.: 2018-905
Amount: $10,459,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: September 6, 2018
RE: Contract No. GLWA-CON-285
Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement
Vendor: LGC Global, Inc.
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Suzanne Coffey, Chief Planning Officer, Interim Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. GLWA-CON-285, "Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement" with LGC Global, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $10,459,000.00 for a duration of Forty-two (42) months; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA) operates two hundred ninety (290) wholesale water metering locations to collect flow data for proper billing and analysis of the water system.
GLWA has started a water metering capital improvement program. This is a first contract of the program. This contract will provide metering instrumentation upgrade, meter pit rehabilitation, and meter cabinet rehabilitation at fifty (50) meter pit locations. This contract will also provide corrective and emergency maintenance at remaining two hundred forty (240) metering locations.
Reliable and accurate metering of the wholesale customers is critical for billing the wholesale customers in a fair and equitable manner. GLWA's System Analytics and Meter Operations Group ("Group") has a primary mission to monitor, measure, report and analyze flows in GLWA's water and sewer systems. This Group is also heavily involved in the GLWA's Member Outreach program and supports GLWA's System Co...
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