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Department of Finance - Division of Procurement & Contracts
Reference: Award of Formal Solicitation Water Treatment Plant Expansion & Denitrification Design Services Project #19-020
To: Mayor Kenneth J. Kreutzer and Members of City Council
Through: Marv Falconburg, Acting City Manager
Prepared By: Amber Gibbs, Procurement and Contracts Manager
Through: Michael Woodruff, Director of Infrastructure
Bradly Dallam, Assistant Utilities Director
CC: Maria Ostrom, Interim Finance Director
Date Prepared: August 26, 2019
PURPOSE
Requesting City Council approval of a formal solicitation for the Water Treatment Plant Expansion & Denitrification Design Services Project to the most responsive and responsible proposer and approving the resolution, giving the City Manager the authority to sign the contract. Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 3-8-90, all bids and proposals in excess of $50,000.00 shall be awarded through formal written procedures by the City Council.
BACKGROUND/HISTORY
The City of Brighton has received a permit from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) for the treatment of potable water through the Reverse Osmosis (RO) section of the Water Treatment Plant. That permit has a compliance schedule in which defined water quality limits that need to be met with the waste discharge (brine) from the plant by Sept of 2022, failure to meet those permit limits could result in the city incurring significant fines from the State. To reiterate, this is the discharge to the stream not the drinking water.
In addition, the water system needs to be expanded (optimized) to meet the future demands of the City as our present ability to treat water closely matches our City demand. Expansion of well fields, delivery to the treatment plant, and expansion of the treatment facilities are concurrent needs of the Utility.
Staff has pursued professional services through a process that included a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) a...
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