Title
Contract No. 2102859
Conveyance System Infrastructure Improvements
CIP #260701 / BCE Score: 60.1
Body
Agenda of: August 24, 2022
Item No.: 2022-340
Amount: $36,863,000.00
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 29, 2022
RE: Contract No. 2102859
Conveyance System Infrastructure Improvements
Vendor: Jay Dee Contractors, Inc.
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. 2102859 "Conveyance System Infrastructure Improvements" with Jay Dee Contractors, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $36,863,000.00 for a duration of 790 days; and authorizes the CEO to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
GLWA is responsible for the operation and maintenance of over 60 combined sewage overflow (CSO) outfalls on the Detroit and Rouge Rivers. Each of these outfalls are critical wastewater infrastructures that convey flows from local sewers to the interceptors.
Phase I of the Conveyance System Infrastructure Improvements Project consists of 59 CSO outfalls. These outfalls are made up of connecting sewers, diversion dams, regulator gates and backwater gates. Although not every outfall has regulator gates or backwater gates, the purpose of these outfalls is the same. During wet weather periods, these CSO outfalls can redirect a portion of the wet weather flow from the Detroit River Interceptor (DRI), Oakwood Northwest Interceptor (OWNI) or Northwest Interceptor (NWI) through the outfall and to the Detroit or Rouge Rivers. Dry weather flow and wet weather flow that does not get redirected is sent to the Water Resource and Recovery Facility (WRRF) via the DRI, OWNI, and NWI.
Due to the years of use and weath...
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