DATE: December 29, 2014
TO: Board of Mayor and Aldermen
FROM: Eric Stuckey, City Administrator
David Parker, City Engineer/CIP Executive
Mark Hilty, Director of Water Management Department
SUBJECT:
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Consideration of Resolution No. 2014-77; A Resolution to Approve the Letter of Intent with GE Water & Process Technologies for the Purchase of the Hollow Fiber Membrane Filtration System Equipment for the Franklin Water Treatment Plant and Authorize the City Engineer to Execute the Final Purchase Contract (COF Contract No. 2014-0269) and Revise Final Equipment Purchase Without Seeking Approval from the Board of Mayor and Aldermen.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BOMA) concerning Resolution No. 2014-77 in order to make an informed decision as to the purchase of the Hollow Fiber Membrane Filtration (Membrane) equipment for the Water Treatment Plant (WTP) Improvements Project. Authorization allowing the City Engineer with the approval of the City Administrator and City Attorney to make decisions such as the execution of the final Agreement for Procurement (COF Contract No. 2014-0269) and adjust the Base Selling Price in accordance with the Method of Cost Escalation as described in Attachment A of the Letter of Intent is also being sought as part of this Resolution in order to prevent delays in the design and construction of the WTP Project.
Background
Due to the various different manufactures of Membrane equipment requiring different facilities for their equipment and the desire to not have the City's consultant design all of the different facilities, a pre-selection process for the procurement of the Membrane equipment was conducted. As a result of this process, the City's consultant (Smith Seckman Reid, Inc. (SSR)) in concurrence with the City's involved staff recommend entering into a contract with GE Water & Process Technologies (GE) for the purch...
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