Title
Proposed Amendment No. 2
Contract No. 1802448
Engineering Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop
CIP# 122013 / BCE Score: 58.4
Body
Agenda of: September 1, 2021
Item No.: 2021-318
Amount: Original Contract $6,819,890.00
Amendment No. 1 1,150,000.00
Proposed Amendment No. 2 1,662,726.00
Total Revised Contract $9,632.616.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Sue F. McCormick
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: August 4, 2021
RE: Proposed Amendment No. 2
Contract No. 1802448
Engineering Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop
Vendor: Brown and Caldwell, LLC
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Cheryl Porter, Chief Operating Officer - Water and Field Services, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 1802448 Proposed Amendment No. 2 "Engineering Services for the 14 Mile Transmission Main Loop" with Brown and Caldwell, LLC with an increased cost of $1,662,726.00 for a total cost not to exceed $9,632,616.00 and an increased duration of 365 days for a total contract duration of 2,132 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The 14 Mile Road transmission main is a single line that supplies drinking water to the communities of Novi, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield, Commerce, Walled Lake, and Wixom. If a disruption to service occurs on the 14 Mile transmission main (e.g., air valve break, blow-off valve break, water main break), then these communities will experience substantial loss in water pressure or complete loss of supply depending on the severity of the disruption. Therefore, GLWA launched this capital improvement program (CIP) project to provide new transmission main that connects 14 Mile Road and 8 Mile Road transmission systems together, and a ...
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