July 05, 2011
Project No. 06-0027
Monterey
Peninsula Water Management District
Post Office
Attention: Mr. Joe Oliver
Subject: Budget Recommendations for the Santa
Margarita ASR Facility Contract #3 – Permanent Electrical Upgrade Project
Dear Joe:
In accordance with our discussions, this letter outlines the general
schedule and budgetary needs for the next phase of improvements at the District’s
Santa Margarita ASR Facility. As you
know, the project has been implemented in phases to allow the completion
portions of the facility in the “off season” while maintaining the operability
of the site during injection periods, and to better coincide with the timing of
District funding cycles for the project.
Previous contracts to date have included the following:
1.
Site grading and installation of
underground utilities (2006)
2.
Construction of the Chemical /
Electrical
This next contract work, Electrical Upgrades – Contract #3, provides for
the installation of District pre-purchased electrical metering, switchgear, and
control equipment, and associated ventilation and cooling equipment to be
installed in the recently completed Chemical / Electrical building. The pre-purchased equipment is now on site
and ready for installation. This phase
of work will accomplish three major goals:
I. Provide upsized PG&E service to operate larger well pumps and
simultaneous pumping operations
II. Consolidate all electrical equipment indoors in a climate-controlled room
III. Eliminate the need for generator rental to operate the ASR-2 well, saving
approximately $50,000 annually in rental costs.
Construction drawings for the work have been completed and have been
submitted to the City of
As noted above, it is important that this work be completed by December 1st
to ensure that the facility is ready to inject water as soon as the
We have developed an updated opinion of construction costs for the work,
which supersedes the reconnaissance-level estimate provided for the project in
2008, and is based on the final design components and current materials
costs. We believe the contract will bid
at approximately $406,500 , and be completed within 3
months of authorization. In addition to the above totaled estimate of $406,500,
we recommend a budget contingency of 10% or $40,650 be added for unanticipated
issues, yielding a total recommended budget of $447,150.00
An additional important note for this project is that our recent work on
the District’s ASR-3 project at
We recommend that your Board
authorize the recommended budget, and authorize District Staff to contract for
the purchase of these materials and services with the stipulation that bids
received fall within the above-estimated costs for the work.,
and are based on competitive bids from qualified and responsible contractors
and vendors. We also recommend that the
Board authorize Staff to pre-purchase the shielded motor cable based on
competitive bids from cable vendors.
We hope this letter adequately
addresses the need for, and costs associated with the implementation of this
contract bid. If you require additional
information regarding this or other matters, please contact us.
Sincerely,
Pueblo
Water Resources, Inc.
Stephen P.
Tanner, P.E.
Principal
Engineer
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