Title
Contract No. 1803456
Hauling, Loading and Disposal of Scum WRRF
Body
Agenda of: May 22, 2019
Item No.: 2019-179
Amount: 3-Year Contract $907,290.00
First Year Renewal Option 302,430.00
Second Year Renewal Option 302,430.00
Total $1,512,150.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: May 8, 2019
RE: Contract No. 1803456
Hauling, Loading and Disposal of Scum WRRF
Vendor: Rickman Enterprise Group
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Navid Mehram, Chief Operating Officer - Wastewater Operations, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1803456, to secure a contract, in the amount of $907,290.00 for three (3) years, with two (2) one-year renewal options at a cost of $302,430.00 for each renewal year with Rickman Enterprise Group to load, haul and dispose of scum from GLWA Water Resource and Recovery Facility; and also authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The Water Resource Recovery Facility primary treatment process include the separation of fats, oil and grease (FOG) and other floatables from the flow downstream of preliminary treatment. The combination of all floatable material separated through the primary treatment process is commonly referred to as Scum. Scum is skimmed from the surface of primary settling tanks where then is concentrated through decanting methods and stored into enclosed 20-yard dumpsters for landfill disposal. The facility generates approximately 1,400 tons of scum per year. The production of the material is weather dependent and can vary from zero to 50 tons per day.
JUSTIFICATION
Scum is the floating material skimmed from the surface of primary settling tanks at the GLWA Water Resource Recovery Facility...
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