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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6003967 with Lakeshore Global Corporation for Water Main Repairs (Project WS-719) for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $28,648,620 and a term of three years. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of November 3, 2021 - Special Meeting
Item No. 21-0647
Contract No. 6003967 (WS-719)
Contractor: Lakeshore Global Corporation (DBB)
Address: 7310 Woodward, Suite 500, Detroit, MI 48202
Contract Amount: $28,648,620
Contract Term: 1,095 calendar days (3 years) - Anticipated Start Date of 12/01/2021
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD Contract No. 6003967 / Project No. WS-719
Water Main Repairs (As Needed)
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Mamata Burgi, Operations Resource Manager, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6003967 with Lakeshore Global Corporation for Water Main Repairs (Project WS-719) for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $28,648,620and a term of three years. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION
During wintertime, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) experiences a significant increase in the number of water main breaks and leaks in its distribution system, which maintenance finds difficult to repair on a timely basis. This contract's primary purpose is to provide for emergency / as-needed repair of various sized water mains during critical periods of time to supplement DWSD's efforts to repair water mains using its own forces. DWSD is the first responder for all water m...
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