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DPU082526PLANTPUMPSMOTORS&VALVESREBUILD/REPLACEMENT
DPU/Water Reclamation
Andy McClure (x7866)
Revised
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Authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $300,000 from the Sanitary Sewer Replacement Fund for the Plant Pumps, Motors & Valves Rebuild/Replacement Project at the Water Reclamation Facility; authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for equipment rebuilds with nonproprietary parts or equipment replacement and for related professional, engineering, permitting, testing and construction services; waiving the competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187 for proprietary parts and equipment necessary for the completion of the Plant Pumps, Motors & Valves Rebuild/Replacement Project; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Water Reclamation Facility houses both a traditional activated sludge treatment facility and a wet weather treatment facility which have a combined total treatment capacity of 400 million gallons of sewage per day. The treatment facility and the collection system, including pump stations contains hundreds of pumps, valves, gates, motors, actuators, etc. In order to maintain compliance with our National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), this equipment needs to be maintained, repaired, and replaced as needed. The Division intends to seek formal as well as informal proposals for rebuilding and/or replacing pumps, valves, gates, motors, actuators, and other equipment as needed in order to maintain compliance with the NPDES discharge permit and to provide the necessary redundancy of such equipment at the facility and throughout the collection system. Some equipment will require the purchase of proprietary parts for repair or rebuild and others can only be purchased from authorized sole sources. For that, the Division is requesting a waiver of all competitive bidding provisions of TMC Chapter 187.
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NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
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