STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance and Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: March 24, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Elizabeth Reich
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SUBJECT
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Authorize Supplemental Agreement No. 1 to exercise the first of two one-year renewal options to the service contract with Hach Company for wastewater flowmeter monitoring services for the Water Utilities Department - Not to exceed $360,638 - Financing: Wastewater Construction Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service contract is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations.
This Supplemental Agreement will continue to provide wastewater flowmeter monitoring services for the Water Utilities Department that includes installation, monitoring, maintenance, data collections, and the analysis of the collected data. The contractor shall furnish all materials, labor, equipment, tools, and required incidentals as necessary for installing 80 flowmeters, five level-only sensors, and some rain gauges. They shall also maintain all installed flowmeters/sensors/rain gauges, removing any installed flowmeters/sensors/rain gauges, and providing a web-based sewer profile analysis tool. The flowmeters measure flow conditions within the pipes and provides a warning for the investigation of inflow or rainwater infiltrations, main surge charging, and sanitary sewer overflows. The metering devices have been installed at various sites throughout the wastewater collection system.
The flow metering devices are designed to record wastewater flow depth to an accuracy of 0.5 inches and wastewater velocity to an accuracy of 0.1 feet per second. The metering devices collect and record flow data information at five-minute intervals. The meter...
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