BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT:
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Adopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant Interim Site Restoration Project, Project No. 93294057, Contract No. C0670 (Los Gatos) (District 7).
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Adopt Plans and Specifications and Authorize Advertisement for Bids for Construction of the Rinconada Water Treatment Plant Interim Site Restoration Project per the Notice to Bidders; and
B. Authorize the Designated Engineer to issue addenda, as necessary, during the bidding process.
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SUMMARY:
The Rinconada Water Treatment Plant (RWTP) Interim Site Restoration Project (Project) will complete work that is important to daily plant operations and which was not finished as part of Valley Water's previous RWTP Reliability Improvement Project (Reliability Project). This new Project scope was collaboratively developed by Valley Water staff in the Capital, Maintenance, and Operations Units.
The successful completion of this Project will support both the current and future phases of work. Major items of work include paving, grading, drainage, and stabilization of disturbed areas to restore road and slope surfaces which will prevent erosion and sediment transport. The work also includes installation of drainage infrastructure and removal of temporary sump pumps, and other miscellaneous mechanical work associated with process pumps and piping.
Project Background
The RWTP was completed in 1967 and is Valley Water's second largest plant. RWTP has the capacity to deliver up to 80 million gallons of water each day to retailers who then supply residential and commercial users. The RWTP draws water from the South Bay Aqueduct, the San Luis Reservoir, as well as the Anderson and Calero Reservoirs.
On May 26, 2015, the Board awarded a construction contract (Contract) to Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. (BBII) for the Reliability Project to upgrade the plant to improve reliabilit...
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