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CONTRACT K-1819-140: BY AND BETWEEN THE NORMAN UTILITIES AUTHORITY AND OLSSON IN THE AMOUNT OF $37,000 TO PROVIDE PRELIMINARY DESIGN SERVICES FOR THE WATER RECLAMATION FACILITY SEPTAGE RECEIVING FACILITY.
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BACKGROUND: The Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) is often contacted regarding the possibility of taking trucked wastewater from hauling companies. Delivery of trucked wastes is not typically approved due to the undocumented quality of the trucked waste. Oklahoma City is currently the only municipal location in the metropolitan area for haulers to dispose of septage. The WRF could potentially generate revenue from companies hauling septage (septic tank clean-outs) and other acceptable wastes. Additionally, City of Norman residents utilizing a private sewage system could benefit through their private haulers having a closer disposal solution.
To allow for the new facility, the current WRF treatment processes must be protected which may require temporary storage of the trucked wastes delivered to the WRF while water quality testing is performed to verify its acceptability. Preparation of an engineering study and design is budgeted for fiscal year 2018-2019 (FYE 19) while construction is budgeted the following year.
DISCUSSION: Request For Proposal (RFP) 1819-05 was issued for eleven water and wastewater projects on June 12, 2018 and 26 proposals were received July 10, 2018. Five Norman Utility Authority (NUA) staff members reviewed the proposals independently and then met on August 7, 2018 to discuss consultant qualifications and compare results of the individual consultant review rankings. Ultimately, ten consultants were selected on August 19, 2018 for the eleven projects; Olsson was selected for the design of the WRF Septage Facility.
Proposed Contract K-1819-140 authorizes Olsson to proceed with the Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) phase for the WRF Septage Receiving Facility (Facility). The contract envisions adding design, bidding ...
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