REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
August 20, 2015
FROM: SCOTT L. MOZIER, PE, Director
Public Works Department
THROUGH: SCOTT W. KRAUTER, PE, Assistant Director
Public Works Department, Street Maintenance Division
BY: AARON A. AGUIRRE, Public Works Manager
Public Works Department, Landscape Maintenance Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve a Requirements Contract with AAA Backflow Prevention Service in the amount of $66,000.00 to provide annual backflow assembly testing and certification
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends an approval of a Requirements Contract with AAA Backflow Prevention Service in the amount of $66,000.00 to provide annual backflow assembly testing and certification.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Works, Landscape Maintenance Division, solicited proposals for professional backflow assembly testing and certification for roughly 1,600 irrigation system backflow devices throughout the City. The locations include median islands, trails, greenways and roadside landscapes that all have these devices. After evaluating the four proposals received, it was decided that AAA Backflow Prevention Service was the best overall value. This contract shall be in effect for one (1) year from the date of the Notice to Proceed and may be extended, at the City's sole discretion, for two (2), one-year increments.
BACKGROUND
The State of California Code of Regulations Title 17 requires that all irrigation backflows need to be tested annually. This service was previously performed by the City Department of Public Utilities Water Division for consumers/owners who had these devices. This service was eliminated by the Water Division and now has become a requirement of the owner to annually test and certify their backflow devises.
A backflow preventer devise is required to keep water from the consumer owned and maintained system, that can become contaminated, from reversing flow and entering the Public Utility maintained c...
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