Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Contract with Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, L.L.P. for Professional Engineering Design Services for the WA2242 - Gerrish Pump Station Emergency Generator Project and Any Necessary Supplemental Agreements
Summary
COUNCIL GOAL: Operational Excellence
(2A: Balance available resources to accommodate the growth and maintenance needs of the city)
MEETING DATE: August 20, 2024
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
CONTACT: Katie McKenzie, PE, CIP Engineering Manager
Melvin Machayo, PE, Senior Utility Engineer
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
* Approval of Resolution
ITEM SUMMARY:
* This Resolution authorizes the City Manager to execute a contract in the amount of $353,300 with Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, L.L.P for professional engineering design services for the Gerrish Pump Station Emergency Generator Project (WA2242), for a total aggregate contract amount, inclusive of any supplemental agreements, not to exceed $410,000.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
* Per the Water Master Plan, Gerrish Pump Station is the primary pump station to deliver water to the City's 794 pressure plane. Redbud Pump Station serves as the backup service for the 794 pressure plane. Gerrish Street Pump Station is the only pump station lacking emergency generators in the event of an electrical power loss. The emergency generator will be sized to operate all pumps.
* The City also needs to acquire the pump station's property from North Texas Municipal Water District to install the generators and proposed future ground storage.
* Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, L.L.P is a design engineer with a proposal for the design, construction, and land acquisition for the operational flexibility needed.
* Birkhoff, Hendricks & Carter, L.L.P submitted a response to RFQ 21-42 for On-call Utility Design Services. They were one of thirteen firms shortlisted by the City Council on October 1, 2021.
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