TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve Contract No. 2022-31.001 with CHA Consulting, Inc., for Professional Construction, Engineering, and Inspection (CEI) Services for 2023 Diesel Bypass Pump Installation Project with CHA Consulting, Inc for Services Not to Exceed $104,320.00.
Recommended Action
Approve Contract No. 2022-31.001 with CHA Consulting, Inc., for Professional Construction, Engineering, and Inspection (CEI) Services for 2023 Diesel Bypass Pump Installation Project with CHA Consulting, Inc for services not to exceed $104,320.00.
Background Information
The City of North Port Utilities Department owns and operates an extensive wastewater collection system within the City of North Port. NPU has received a Community Development Block Grants for the installation of eight diesel bypass pumps at lift stations.
NPU was awarded CDBG Mitigation funds under Department of Economic Opportunity Agreement No. IR027 to install permanent bypass pumps at Lift Stations 23, 25, 30, 37, 38, 39, 43 and 63. During Hurricane Irma, 90% of the City’s lift stations were inoperable and required manual operation by NPU staff. Two shifts of staff were required to work 12-hour days to manually operate the pumps at the affected lift stations. Eventually, NPU was required to hire a contractor to assist with the manual pumping due to the strain that the workload put on the NPU staff.
The project will include the purchase and installation of bypass pumps for the eight lift stations noted above, servicing low-and-moderate income populations. These permanent bypass pumps will keep sewer service functional during adverse weather events and prevent or mitigate potential sanitary sewer overflows. This ensures the continued health and safety of the City’s residents. This project will benefit 6,423 households. 58% of these households are considered low-and-moderate income.
Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 2022-31 was opened on August 11, 2022. CHA Consulting, Inc. was the only bidder who responded to the RFP.
The following scope work for this contract includes Professional CEI Services for 2023 Diesel Bypass Pump Installation Project.
This item has been reviewed and approved to form by the City Attorney’s Office.
Strategic Plan
Infrastructure & Facilities Integrity
Environmental Resiliency & Sustainability
Financial Impact
Funding in the amount of $577,000.00 is budgeted in the Utilities Department FY 2024 budget in account number 420-6063-536.64-00, Project U22PBP.
Procurement
Contract No. 2022-31.001 for Professional Construction, Engineering, and Inspection Services for the 2023 Diesel Bypass Pump Installation project with CHA Consulting, Inc., was procured pursuant Chapter 2 Administration, Article VIII Procurement, Section 2-406 Professional Services selection under Consultants’ Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), F.S. § 287.055 of the Code of the City of North Port, Florida.
Attachments:
1. Contract No. 2022-31.001
2. Notice of Intent to Award
3. City Manager Recommendation to Negotiate Memorandum with Ranking
5. Submittal by CHA Consulting, Inc.
6. RFP No. 2022-31
7. Florida Division of Corporations Documents
Prepared by: Brittany Kammerer, Business Services Coordinator
Department Director: Nancy Gallinaro, Utilities Director