TO: Committee of the Whole - Planning and Public Works
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Public Works
Aaron Bert
425-556-2786
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Public Works
Mike Haley
Project Manager
Public Works
Eric Dawson
Engineering Supervisor
Public Works
Steven Gibbs
Capital Projects Division Manager
Public Works
Brandon Beuhler
Acting Deputy Public Works Director
TITLE:
title
Award Construction Contract to Equity Builders, LLC., Approve Consultant Services Agreement Supplement 1 with BHC Consultants, and increase the Total Funding for the Wastewater Lift Station Equipment Upgrades Phase 2 Project
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
Public Works is requesting to award the construction contract for the Lift Station Equipment Upgrades, Phase 2 project, Project No. 2408, to Equity Builders, LLC., in the amount of $2,009,390.
Public Works is also requesting to approve the consultant services agreement supplement 1 with BHC Consultants in the amount of $240,000. This supplement is for construction engineering support services for the project. It increases the maximum amount payable from $347,770 to $614,770.
Public Works is requesting approval to allocate an additional $740,000 from the Wastewater CIP to ensure the successful completion of this critical pump replacement project. The additional funding will support the installation of larger pump motors and revised flywheels at Lift Station 51, as well as cutter heads at all stations to better manage ragged solids. With this adjustment, the project's CIP budget will increase from $3,526,684 to $4,266,684.
The Lift Station Equipment Upgrades Project will replace aging, obsolete Paco wastewater pumps at Lift Stations 17, 51, 52, and 53 before they fail. This effort will complete the transition to Cornell pumps, the new standard for the Redmond system. The City has already pre-purchased the Cornell pumps for all four stations, and they are now ready for installation under this construction contrac...
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