HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice of Award to Pall Corp. for Bozeman Water Treatment Plant Membrane Procurement.pdf Commission Memorandum
REPORT TO: Honorable Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Bob Murray, Project Engineer
Rick Hixson, City Engineer
Chuck Winn, Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT: Bozeman Water Treatment Plant – Membrane Procurement Notice of
Award.
MEETING DATE: May 24, 2010
AGENDA ITEM TYPE: Consent.
RECOMMENDATION: Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Notice of Award
to Pall Corporation in the amount of $5,558,300.00 with additional conditions referenced on the
Notice of Award.
BACKGROUND: Attached is the Notice of Award for the above referenced project.
Approximately a year and a half ago, the City began a pilot testing program to test membrane
treatment systems for the new Water Treatment Plant. There were three membrane suppliers that
began the testing program. During the course of the testing, one of the membrane systems failed
and was withdrawn from further consideration. Both remaining companies successfully
completed the pilot testing and were subsequently preapproved to bid on the project.
The membranes are being procured separately from the main construction contract which will be
let early next year. Bids were opened for the membrane system procurement contract on April 8,
2010. Pall Corporation was the sole preapproved company who chose to submit a bid. Although
there was only one bidder on the project, their bid was approximately $1,000,000 below the
engineers estimate and appears to be in line with bids that have been received by other
communities for similar sized systems. There were a number of minor irregularities in the bid.
The resolution for each of these items is included in the engineer’s award recommendation letter
as well as the clarification letters which are attached to and incorporated into the Notice of
Award.
UNRESOLVED ISSUES: None
ALTERNATIVES: As suggested by the City Commission.
FISCAL EFFECTS: The project will be funded from a combination of the Water Fund, Water
Impact Fee Fund, and SRF Loan.
Attachments: Notice of Award
Engineers Award Recommendation
Report compiled on: May 19, 2010
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