Placement: New Business
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Waiving Bidding for Lift Station SP-43 Replacement with Partial Developer Funding
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Submitted By: Brad Macek, Utility Systems Director
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Mission to provide exceptional municipal services.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Laney Southerly, Utility Systems Department
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie City of Port St. Lucie Felix Associates of Florida, Inc. (Felix) and Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc./Flygt Products, Inc. (Xylem)
3. Purpose: The developer of a proposed car wash located at the NE corner of US1 and Walton Road in the East Port Plaza has requested to increase the water and sewer usage greatly over the sites previous demands as a gas station. In order to meet the developer's anticipated June opening date, the typical City bidding system would not be completed in time to allow the construction of the lift station in time. The request in this agenda item are for Felix to perform the lift station construction with the major components purchased by the City and to purchase the lift station pumps, control panel, access hatch and system integration by Xylem.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New
5. Duration: 150 days
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: Benefits to Port St. Lucie: The City benefits by getting a new upsized and upgraded lift station to replace the existing lift station that needed upgrades soon anyway. Also, by getting a site and partial funding by the developer. Lastly, the new lift station will connect directly to the sewer force main along US1 instead of dumping into the gravity sewer system in East Port Plaza as it does now.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): The costs associated with this request is $199,641.00 to Felix Associates of Florida and $82,000 to Xylem/Flygt.
Presentation Information: N/A
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the waiver of bidding for a construction contract with ...
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