HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Contract for Year 5 of Water Treatment Plant Well Rehabilitation Project RESOLUTION NO. 11-282
RESOLUTION AWARDING CONTRACT FOR
WATER TREATMENT PLANT WELL REHABILITATION PROJECT
WITH NORTHWAY WELL AND PUMP COMPANY
FOR THE CITY OF AMES
WHEREAS,on March 6,2007,the Council approved plans and specifications for the Water
Treatment Plant Five-Year Well Rehabilitation Project; and,
WHEREAS, the project involves a plan to rehabilitate the utility's drinking water wells on
a five-year preventive cycle instead of waiting until wells are unable to produce adequate water
volumes; and,
WHEREAS,the specifications call for a one-year contract with apossibility of four,one-year
renewal options, and the fourth year of this contract will expire June 30, 2011; and,
WHEREAS, a formula based on a Consumer Price Index is used to adjust prices for each
renewal year's contract period, and contract renewals are based on satisfactory performance during
prior years and on the Council appropriation of funds; and,
WHEREAS,Northway Corporation of Waukee,Iowa,was the low bidder for the project,and
the company's performance the past four years has been deemed satisfactory by City staff; and,
WHEREAS,the cost of the fifth and final year of the contract,which includes well numbers
17, 25, 26, and 27, to be completed by June 30, 2012, totals $54,460.00; and,
WHEREAS, as in the previous years, staff anticipates that repairs will be required in
conjunction with the rehabilitation of these wells, therefore, the extend of the repair work will not
be known until the wells are taken out of services and disassembled; and,
WHEREAS,well repair costs will be addressed through change orders at the completion of
work on each well.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the contract award for the fifth year to Northway Corporation of Waukee, Iowa, in the amount
of$54,460.00 for rehabilitation of four wells in 2011/12 is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 141'day of June, 2011.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk Ann H. Campbell, Maycof
Introduced by: Goodman
Seconded by: Davis
Voting aye: Davis, Goodman, Mahayni, Larson, Orazem, Wacha
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 10 day of June, 2011.