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Contract No. 2201848
Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement Phase II
CIP #170904 / BCE Score: 95.7
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Agenda of: July 26, 2023
Item No.: 2023-255
Amount: $15,679,152.00
TO: The Honorable
Board of Directors
Great Lakes Water Authority
FROM: Suzanne R. Coffey, P.E.
Chief Executive Officer
Great Lakes Water Authority
DATE: June 30, 2023
RE: Contract No. 2201848
Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement Phase II
Vendor: LGC Global, Inc.
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Jody Caldwell, Chief Planning Officer, the Board of Directors (Board) of the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), authorizes the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to enter into Contract No. 2201848, "Wholesale Water Meter Pit Rehabilitation and Meter Replacement Phase II" with LGC Global, Inc., at a cost not to exceed $15,679,152.00 for a duration of five (5) 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 (GLWA) operates 291 wholesale water metering locations to collect flow data for proper billing and analysis of the water system.
Reliable and accurate metering of the wholesale usage is critical for billing the wholesale member partners in a fair and equitable manner. GLWA's Systems Analytics and Meter Operations Group ("Group") has a primary mission to monitor, measure, report and analyze flows in GLWA's water and sewer systems. This Group is also heavily involved in GLWA's Member Outreach program and supports GLWA's System Control Center Group and Financial Services Area.
A capital improvement program for wholesale water meter pit rehabilitation and meter replacement was launched by GLWA in 2018. From November 2018 until May 2023, the first contract in the series, GLWA-CON-285, was in effect. A total of 57 meter pit locations received the metering instrumentation update, meter pit rehabilitation, and meter cabinet rehabilitat...
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