REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
January 17, 2019
FROM: MICHAEL CARBAJAL, Director
Department of Public Utilities
THROUGH: DEJAN PAVIC, Supervising Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
BY: MATTHEW L. BULLIS, Professional Engineer
Department of Public Utilities - Utilities Planning & Engineering
SUBJECT
Title
Approve Consultant Services Agreement in the amount of $129,354 with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., a California corporation, for Wastewater Collection System Hydraulic Modeling (Citywide)
Body
RECOMMENDATIONS
Staff recommends the City Council approve a Consultant Services Agreement in the amount of $129,354, including a contingency of $10,000, with Akel Engineering Group, Inc., a California corporation (Akel), for Wastewater Collection System Hydraulic Modeling and authorize the Director of Public Utilities, or designee, to sign all documents on behalf of the City of Fresno (City).
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Under the proposed consultant services agreement, Akel will help manage the City's sewer collection model, including purchasing and installing new sewer system hydraulic modeling software, converting existing data to the new software model, verifying the accuracy of the data, and providing on-call services in support of the hydraulic model. Following a competitive process, Akel was selected as the most qualified consultant offering the best value to the City needs for this project.
BACKGROUND
The City has a sewer collection service area that covers nearly 114 square miles and serves approximately 526,000 residential customers as well as commercial and industrial accounts through a network of approximately 1,600 miles of pipeline and 15 sewers lift stations. The Fresno/Clovis Regional Wastewater Reclamation Facility (RWRF) treats over 57-million gallons of wastewater daily. The City currently utilizes the H2OMAP software from Innovyze to help manage the City's sewer collection system. The so...
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