Title
Contract No. 2000917
Refractory and Inspection Repairs - Complex II Incineration
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Agenda of: July 22, 2020
Item No.: 2020-229
Amount: $4,752,640.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: July 22, 2020
RE: Contract No. 2000917
Refractory and Inspection Repairs - Complex II Incineration
Vendor: Commercial Contracting Corporation
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. 2000917, "Refractory and Inspection Repairs - Complex II Incineration" with Commercial Contracting Corporation, at a cost not to exceed $4,752,640.00 for a duration of 1,937 days (5 years and 4 months); and 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 (WRRF) on average treats approximately 650 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater that generates a byproduct of approximately 450 dry tons per day (dtpd) of sludge. The sludge is treated and disposed of as Class "A" biosolids and Ash. The biosolids dryer facility (BDF) treats approximately 75% of the average sludge production which is distributed as Class "A" biosolids. The remaining sludge volume is treated through the facilities Multiple Hearth incinerators that converts the sludge to water vapor and gases exiting to atmosphere and bottom ash for disposal to landfill.
Multiple Hearth incinerators are large furnaces that have multiple levels (hearths) that operate at very high temperatures (1,500-1,600 degrees F) to evaporate water and breakdown the dry sludge material to combustion gases and Ash. The sludge material is introduced at the top of the incinerator, the material is then...
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