Title
Contract No. 2101475
CSO Facilities Improvements
Vendor: CDM Smith Michigan, Inc.
Body
Agenda of: July 27, 2022
Item No.: 2022-279
Amount: $8,621,187.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: July 1, 2022
RE: Contract No. 2101475
CSO Facilities Improvements
Vendor: CDM Smith Michigan, Inc.
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. 2101475, "CSO Facilities Improvements" with CDM Smith Michigan, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $8,621,187.00 for a duration of 2,369 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA operates nine (9) Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) facilities. The CSO facilities provide primary treatment and disinfection during wet weather. Through past projects (Wastewater Masterplan) GLWA has identified various opportunities to balance flow throughout the system, providing opportunities to balance combined sewer overflow in the system and to utilize under-utilized facilities more fully. Two of these projects plan to divert flow from the Northwest Interceptor (NWI) to the Oakwood CSO Facility and to divert flow from the Meldrum sewer for processing in the Leib Screening and Disinfection Facility.
To prepare these CSO facilities for their full utilization, the "CSO Facilities Assessment Report" prepared under GLWA Contract CS-299 identified a series of repairs and enhancements that should be made to improve facility reliability, efficiency, flexibility, operation, maintenance, and safety.
JUSTIFICATION
This engineering project will provide the services required to meet the goals of the "CSO Facilities Assessment Report" at the Oak...
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