Project Work Order Approval –
Professional Engineering Services for
LTP Aeration Basins Improvements Alternatives Evaluation and Engineering Design Services with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc.
Tetyana Mokvyts, Water Reuse
Engineer
Contract Review Subcommittee
January 13, 2022
1 Today’s Presentation
• Project Background
• Aeration Basins Improvements
• The RFP Process
• Selection Justification
• Staff Recommendation
2 Project Background
• Leakage in aeration header and basins
discovered November 2020
• The project split in two phases
• Aeration Header
• Aeration Basins
• Initiated design of aeration header
March 2021 with Kennedy Jenks On Call
Contract
• Severe leakage discovered September
2021
• Temporary above ground aeration
piping construction November 2021
3 Aeration Basins Improvements
• Spring 2022 – Dewatering
and Bypass Pumping Work
Plan
• Summer/Fall 2022 –
Contractor to install bypass
pumping system and clean
channels
• Spring 2023 – Condition
Assessment
• Summer 2023 – Fall 2024 -
Design
• 2025 – 2026 – Construction
4 The RFP Process
• Request for Proposals under Professional
Services Agreement issued on August 16, 2021
• Five hundred twenty-two (522) firms notified
• Extended deadline from September 27 until
November 1, 2021
• One proposal from Kennedy Jenks Consultants
received on November 1, 2021
5 Selection Justification
• Review panel
• Deputy Director Regional Water Reuse
• Treatment Plant Superintendent
• Associate Civil Engineer
• The proposal evaluated based on
• Responsiveness
• Qualification
• Project understanding
• Consultant demonstrated prior expertise with
aeration system rehabilitation
• Fee estimate reviewed and determined
reasonable for the proposed scope of work
6 Recommendation
It is recommended by the Water Department that the Contract Review Subcommittee recommend that the Board of Public Utilities approve a Project Work Order (PWO) with Kennedy/Jenks Consultants Inc. to provide professional engineering services for the LTP Aeration Basins Improvements Project in the amount not to exceed $1,019,739.00.
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