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Request for award of Contract 24-56, West Zone Pumping Station
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Submitted by:
David Simpson, Director of Public Works
Department
Public Works
A. Issue
Award of Contract 24-56, West Zone Pumping Station
B. Background/Options
Wauwatosa owned water pumping stations currently receive water from Milwaukee Water Works and subsequently pump the water at an elevated pressure to homes, businesses, and elevated storage towers across the City. Pumping stations and elevated towers ensure that appropriate water pressure and volume are available throughout the City for residential, commercial, and fire fighting efforts when necessary. The City of Wauwatosa's water utility provides service to two separate pressure districts, east and west. The eastern district utilizes three pumping stations and two elevated towers, while the western district only has one station and one tower available at this time. The lack of a secondary pumping station makes the western district extremely vulnerable to system wide failures if the water feeding the pumping station or the pumping station itself experiences a failure. If a systemwide failure were to occur and pressure within the system was reduced the lack of pressure would result in potential contamination to the drinking water supply as well severely limit the ability to provide water to combat fires. In order to protect the western pressure district's water customers the construction of a secondary pumping station was planned through an allocation from ARPA funds.
The building includes a pumping station to be constructed on the exiting Burleigh Water Tower property which includes all customary design elements of a pumping station in the addition of a solar PV array on the roof.
The project was publicly advertised for bid. We have examined the 2 bids submitted for Contract 24-56, West Zone Pumping Station, on Wednesday, June 26th, 2024. The bids received are as follows:
Mid-City Corporation $ 4,394,780.00
Hunzinger Construction $ 4,711,000.00
C. Strategic Plan (Area of Focus)
Priority 3: Infrastructure
D. Fiscal Impact
This project consists of funding via an allocation from ARPA grant funds. The total project including construction, design, WE Energies costs, and a contingency of approximately 7%, which should be adequate for a project of this type.
E. Recommendation
For Contract 24-56, West Zone Pumping Station, I recommend award to Mid City Corporation for their bid price of $4,394,780.00, this being the lowest and best bid.
recommendation
Recommendation: Common Council