Title
Contract No. 2002946
Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Services
O&M
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Agenda of: December 17, 2020
Item No.: 2020-444
Amount: $2,000,000.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: November 10, 2020
RE: Contract No. 2002946
Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Services
Vendor: NTH Consultants, Ltd
MOTION
Upon recommendation of William Wolfson, Chief Administrative Officer and Compliance Officer/General Counsel, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 2002946, "Environmental Health and Safety Compliance Services" with NTH Consultants, Ltd, at a cost not to exceed $2,000,000.00 for a duration of 2 Years; 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's (GLWA) Enterprise Risk Management Safety group is committed to continuously improve environmental health and safety at GLWA and to increase environmental/occupational health and safety awareness for all GLWA, employees, visitors, contractors, and the communities surrounding our facilities.
The current environmental safety contract (CS-213) has expired after 2 years. That contract was for $2 million over two years (average of $1,000,000 per year). At the end of the contract period, the spend was less than $800,000 over the two-year period ($1.2 million favorable variance).
This new contract will offer similar "as-needed" assistance not only for emergency environmental cleanup, but also environmental compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. The vendor will provide GLWA with:
* Detailed evaluations and engineer's estimates for remediations;
* Experienced hazardous materials managers to coordinate and manage those cleanups;
* Environmental assessments of...
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