Item 15 - Large Water Services Vault and Meter Apparatus Improvements

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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/public-works Item # 15 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report October 15, 2024 TOPIC: Large Water Services Vault and Meter Apparatus Improvements AGENDA TITLE Agreement with Mike Prlich and Sons, Inc., T.E. Roberts, Inc., Big Ben, Inc., and J&L Constructors, Inc. for Large Water Services Vault and Meter Apparatus Improvements (Non -General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements with Mike Prlich and Sons, Inc., T.E. Roberts, Inc., Big Ben, Inc., and J&L Constructors, Inc. for large water meter services vault and meter apparatus improvements, for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $7,500,000, for a three-year term beginning October 15, 2024 and expiring October 14, 2027, with a provision for one two-year extension (Core Agreement No. 2024-XXX). GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: Yes DISCUSSION The Public Works Agency's Water Resources Division (Division) oversees the daily operations and maintenance of the City's water and sanitary sewer systems. The water system is comprised of approximately 480 miles of water main, 21 groundwater wells, seven pump stations, 10 reservoirs with a storage capacity of 49 million gallons, four pressure regulating stations, and seven connection points to the Metropolitan Water District. The system has an average daily demand of 30 million gallons from its roughly 45,150 metered service connections. The City is in the process of delivering the Automated Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project, which will replace or retrofit all of the existing, manually -read water meters in the City with smart meters capable of communicating water consumption and other system information to both the utility and the customer. The Division has identified approximately 400 locations where the vault, valves, or other apparatus serving large water meters are in need of rehabilitation or replacement. Performing this work in coordination with the AMI project will provide operational and economic efficiencies, and should reduce the amount of time customers are without water. On July 16, 2024, the Public Works Agency released Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 24-089 for qualified firms to provide large water services vault and meter apparatus