REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Award of a Contract in the Amount of $8,051,120 for Water Pollution Control Plant Construction Management Services and Approval of Budget Modification No. 46 (F15-40)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award an initial five-year contract to The Covello Group, Inc. of Walnut Creek in the amount of $8,051,120 for Construction Management Services related to the construction of the new Water Pollution Control Plant. Approval is also requested for a 10% contract contingency in the amount of $805,112, and for Budget Modification No. 46 to create a capital project specifically for this contract by moving funding from existing capital projects associated with the overall reconstruction program.
The initial contract will focus on construction management of the primary treatment facility. As the program more fully evolves over the next several years, and based upon acceptable service and pricing, staff may propose extending this contract, as more fully enumerated below.
EXISTING POLICY
General Plan Policy Goal EM-7 Effective Wastewater Treatment: Continue to operate and maintain the Water Pollution Control plant, using cost effective methods, so that all sewage and industrial wastes generated within the City receive sufficient treatment to meet the effluent discharge and receiving water standards of regulatory agencies.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This contract award for construction management services is not a project as defined in Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because it involves administrative activities.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
Upon completion of the Water Pollution Control Plant Strategic Infrastructure Plan (SIP), associated peer review and strategic planning workshop, Council's direction was to proceed with a plan for reconstructing the Water Pollution Control Plant (Plant) with new treatment processes. The SIP also included moving forward with a master plan, a ne...
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