Explanation
1. BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a professional engineering agreement with Arcadis US, Inc., in the amount of $347,592.11, for the Comprehensive Water Audit Project, Division of Power and Water Contract No. 1176.
This project involves a water audit of the water distribution system. It consists of seven (7) major tasks that follow American Water Works Association (AWWA) guidelines. The consultant and sub-consultants will utilize operational data from various divisions within the Department of Public Utilities to identify and quantify sources of non-revenue water and make recommendations to achieve better operational efficiency.
The seven (7) tasks include:
Validate the production and consumption figures
Quantify unbilled authorized consumption for 2010
Quantify water loss
Assign costs of aparent and real losses
Calculate performance indicators as detailed in the AWWA M36 Manual
Compile the water balance for the systema dn teh 13 water service districts
Provide recommendations to reduce non-revenue water.
The economic impact involved with this project includes the potential increased revenue by reducing sources of loss identified from the audit.
2. BID INFORMATION: The selection of the firm providing the professional engineering services has been performed in accordance with the procedures set forth in Columbus City Code, Section 329.14, "Awarding professional service contracts through requests for proposals." Requests for Proposals (RFP's) were received on June 24, 2011. Arcadis US, Inc.
Only one proposal was received and the consultant, Arcadis US, Inc. met minimum qualifications set forth in RFP, therefore, no scoring criteria was required. Based upon their qualifications and their understanding of the scope of the project Arcadis US, Inc. was selected for this project.
The Contract Compliance Number for Arcadis US, Inc. is 57-0373224 (expires 8/25/13, Major...
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