DATE: October 11, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Public Works
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Approving Addendums No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, Accepting the Bid Protest, and Awarding a Contract to Blocka Construction, Inc., for the Water Pollution Control Facility Switchgear Rehabilitation Project No. 07656, in an Amount Not-to Exceed $13,169,800, and Appropriating Additional Funds in the Amount of $2,669,635
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts the attached resolution (Attachment II):
1. Approving Addendums No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3, providing minor revisions to the project plans and specifications, accepting the bid protest of Mountain Cascade, Inc. (Mountain Cascade), and awarding a contract to Blocka Construction, Inc. (Blocka) for the Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF) Switchgear Rehabilitation Project No. 07656, in an amount not-to-exceed $13,169,800; and
2. Appropriating additional funds in the amount of $2,669,635 from the Sewer System Replacement Fund (Fund 611).
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SUMMARY
The WPCF treats an annual average flow of approximately eleven million gallons per day (MGD) and meets current requirements to discharge treated effluent to the deep waters of the San Francisco Bay. Originally installed in 1982, the existing main switchgear (MSB), is a key component of the power distribution system at the WPCF. The MSB along with several related 480-volt motor control centers (MCCs) and 480-volt distribution panelboards have provided power and controls to vital plant facilities for nearly forty years. These include the headworks screening and pumping facilities, grit and scum removal through the vacuators, the primary treatment process, the secondary treatment process (west trickling filter), the anerobic digesters, the fats, oils and grease (FOG) receiving station, the site waste pump station, site lighting, and various buildings including the Operations Control House an...
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