STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: February 22, 2023
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): Outside
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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Authorize a three-year service price agreement for residual removal and disposal services for the Water Utilities Department - Renda Environmental, Inc., most advantageous proposer of four - Estimated amount of $10,835,000 - Financing: Dallas Water Utilities Fund (subject to annual appropriations)
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a service price agreement is to establish firm pricing for services, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This service price agreement will provide for residual removal and disposal services for the Water Utilities Department. The agreement will be used by the Water Utilities Department to remove water treatment residuals from the lagoons at the Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant located in Carrollton, Texas.
Residuals are a normal byproduct of the drinking water treatment process and are stored in lagoons. As the lagoons near their storage capacity limits, periodic cleaning is necessary to ensure continued, reliable operation. This project restores the storage capacity of the lagoons thus safeguarding the plant's continued ability to meet drinking water demands and achieve regulatory compliance requirements as mandated by the Texas Commission of Environmental Quality.
The Elm Fork Water Treatment Plant is the second largest of three surface water treatment plants owned and operated by the Water Utilities Department. Constructed in the 1950's, the plant h...
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