Title
Approving the selection of Ardurra for professional engineering services associated with the Water Treatment Plant Facility Expansion Project and authorizing the City Manager to enter into negotiations regarding a scope of work and fee proposal.
Summary
The City of Pflugerville solicited requests for qualifications from engineering firms for design services for the Water Treatment Plant Facility Expansion Project.
City staff issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) on August 12, 2020 and received three (3) statements of qualifications (SOQ) on September 23, 2020 which were reviewed, ranked and scored by a committee of City staff members. Ardurra was determined to be the most qualified firm for the project and is recommended for selection for professional engineering services associated with the Project. The objective of this request was to identify and engage the most qualified consulting firm to assist the City in providing planning/preliminary design, design and bid & construction phase services and project management related to the Project under the oversight of City Staff and the City’s Owner Representative, Garver.
The 2020 Water Master Plan was adopted by City Council on April 14, 2020 and outlines the necessity of expanding the City’s Surface Water Treatment Plant (WTP) from approximately 17 MGD to 30 MGD by 2022. In March 2020, the City retained Garver as the owner’s representative for the expansion of water treatment plant to assist the City with the successful delivery of the project. The services included an initial planning phase, in which Garver engaged with City Engineering and Operations staff to assess the suitability of the current treatment process technology, and performed a comparative analysis to determine the best path forward for the future expansion. This The City has also processed a supplemental agreement for owner’s representative services for the design phase of the WTP Expansions project including consultant procurement and...
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