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Regular City Council Meeting

6.4.

10/08/2024:

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17634, with Freese and Nichols, Inc., for professional engineering services associated with the design of Pump Station 11B at the North Water Treatment Plant.

Item Summary

The existing Pump Station 11 at the North Water Treatment Plant was approved for construction in 1965. Consequently, this pump station is nearly 60 years old, and is showing clear signs of reaching the end of its design life.

Pump Station 11 is the City's primary way of distributing treated drinking water to Lubbock, and is of critical importance to be redesigned and rebuilt to continue serving the City for years to come.

The City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to provide engineering services for the design of Pump Station 11B at the North Water Treatment Plant.

In response to RFQ 24-17634-TF, four engineering firms submitted proposals, which were evaluated and ranked based on the following criteria:

•30 Points for Project Team Organization and Qualifications;
•30 Points for Experience on Similar Projects;
•35 Points for Project Approach; and
•5 Points for Overall Responsiveness to the RFQ.

The maximum point value is 100 points per evaluator, and their scores are as follows:

Engineering Firm

Points

Freese and Nichols, Inc., Lubbock, Texas

94.75

Bath Group, LLC, El Paso, Texas

87.75

Alan Plummer and Associates, Fort Worth, Texas

86.50

Stiver Engineering, Houston, Texas

70.00

Staff recommends award of this contract to the highest ranked proposer, Freese and Nichols, Inc., of Lubbock, Texas. The contract is based upon fair and reasonable hourly rates agreed on, for a total amount not to exceed $1,682,955.

Fiscal Impact

Contract No. 17634 for $1,682,955, is funded in Capital Improvement Project 92835 Pump Station 11B.

Staff/Board Recommending

Erik Rejino, Assistant City Manager
Bailey Ratcliffe, P.E., Interim Director of Engineering/City Engineer

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