Staff recommends the City Council award a professional engineering services contract for W.O. 24-01, Contract 1: 2024 Water Main Replacement, to DOWL in the amount of $559,915.

The City replaces and upgrades its water utilities as part of an annual maintenance program.  This project will replace approximately 6,500 feet of existing water mains. Water mains being replaced were selected based on several criteria including age, break history, lead joint pipe, lead services, undersized water mains, and replacement prior to future CIP projects.  This project will replace the water main in Broadwater Avenue from 11th Street West to 16th Street West that is undersized and has a significant break history.  These water main breaks are difficult and expensive to repair, and are prone to cause water outages to adjacent businesses.  Additionally, this section of Broadwater is anticipated to have a pavement overlay performed within the next couple of years, so the water main would be completed ahead of the new paving.  The project will also replace water mains north of 6th Ave North on North 17th and 18th Street that are prone to water main breaks.

DOWL was selected for the project using the proposal process.  Two other proposals were received from Sanderson Stewart and Morrison-Maierle.  The consultant selection was based on Project Team and Availability; Project Approach; and Firm Qualifications and Experience as related to the project needs.

City Council may:

• Approve awarding the Professional Engineering Services Contract to DOWL, or;
• Not approve awarding the Professional Engineering Services contract to DOWL. If the project is not awarded, the City's water mains in these areas will continue to be unreliable and will likely experience ongoing maintenance problems and expenses.

 

Water main replacements are funded in FY24 using $4,000,000 of Water funds and $4,447,145.20 of ARPA grant funds.  There are adequate funds to award the contract.  The remaining budget will be used for a subsequent engineering services contract for design of additional water main replacements, construction, materials testing, and construction contract administration.