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June 13, 1991
THE HONORABLE CITY CotmCIL
Palo Alto, California
Regional W2I!ter Ou<!!lity Control Plant B'!.-r~_gxe.en Syst-em -Rejection
of Bids
M~mbers of the Council:
Report in Brief
This report recommends that the Council reject all bids received on
May 14, 1991 for furnishing and installing a mechanically cleaned
ba:r screen system at the city of Palo's Regional Water Quality
Control Plant (RWQCP)~
Background
The barminutor replacement project is a t~o-year Capi~al Improve
ment Project that ~ill systematically replace the existing
bancinutors~ The first process in the pretreatment facility of the
RWQCP is the removal of solids, debris, and rags from the raw
sevage system. The purpose of the screening process is to effect
proper treatment and to protect the equipment downstream of the
pretreatment process. The existinq barminutors, installed in 1969,
~ere de5igned for that purpose. The barminutors are beyond repair
and need replacing.
On May 14, 1991, two bids -were received: !nfilco Degre:rnont., Inc.
for $169,465 and FMC Corporation for' '$201,707 (the engineer's
estimate is $175, OOO) • Ho .... ever, both bids contained a number of
exceptions and modifications to the specifications and general
conditions. For this reason, staff recommends that t~e bids be
considered non-responsive and that they be rejected.
Staff ~ill revise the bidding documents to promote more responsive
bids and rebid as soon as possible. The delay of approximately
three weeks should not have any major adverse effect~.
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Recornmendati~ ~
Staff recommends that Council reject all bids received on M~y 14,
1991, for the mechan.ically cleaned bar screen srstem at the
Regional Water Q~ality Control Plant.
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R~8pectfully submitted, ,
tHLLIAK MI)(5
Manager, Water Quality Control Plant
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DAVID G. ADAMS
o-recter O~iC Works
FLEMING ~
As istant City Ma~,r
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