Title
Approval of a Bid Award for the Miller and Central Lift Station Replacement Project
Recommended Action
Committee Recommendation:
Not referred to a committee.
City Manager Recommendation:
Move to award the construction contract for the Miller and Central Lift Station Replacement Project to Nisqually Construction Services, LLC in the amount of $2,125,578.55, and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract.
Report
Issue:
Whether to award the construction contract for the Miller and Central Lift Station Replacement Project to Nisqually Construction Services, LLC.
Staff Contact:
Randy Wesselman, Project Manager, Public Works, Engineering, 360.753.8477
Presenter(s):
None - Consent Calendar Item.
Background and Analysis:
The Miller and Central Lift Station, built in 1970, serves approximately 600 acres in northeast Olympia. It currently collects sanitary sewage from approximately 625 homes including some sewage that has already been pumped once by the Miller and Ann sewage lift station. It then pumps the sewage through a sewer pipe force main to the gravity sewer main at the intersection of Bethel Street and Miller Avenue.
The City hired a consultant to perform survey-level condition assessments of 16 sewer lift stations to develop planning level estimates for improved capital facilities planning. The consultant concluded that the Miller and Central Sewer Lift Station has reached the 50-year design life for original components and needed a complete overhaul including new pumps, motors, valves, electrical and instrumentation/controls. Additionally, the consultant recommended replacement of the original 8-inch asbestos concrete force main. The Miller and Central Sewer Lift Station upgrade was identified in the 2013 Wastewater Management Plan.
The new lift station is sized to accommodate the projected 50-year development/build-out of the sewer basin.
The City bid the project starting on January 24, 2021 and opened bids on February 26, 2021. Th...
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