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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 6005120 for Project CS-1947 with M.E. Simpson, Inc. for Water Main Condition Assessment services with a total contract amount not-to-exceed $400,000 and a term of one year. 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 March 15, 2023
Item No. 2023-56
Contract No. 6005120 / CS-1947
Contractor: M.E. Simpson, Inc., 3406 Enterprise Avenue, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Contract Amount: $400,000
Contract Term: 3/27/23 - 3/26/24 (1 year)
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD Contract 6005120 / CS-1947
Water Main Assessment Services
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Marqaicha Welch, Procurement Manager, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to approve DWSD Contract 6005120 for Project CS-1947 with M.E. Simpson, Inc. for Water Main Condition Assessment services for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $400,000 and a term of one year. This also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND / JUSTIFICATION
DWSD project No. CS-1947 is part of an ongoing condition assessment to prioritize water system improvements to City neighborhoods and select streets throughout the City of Detroit. The median age of the distribution water network within the City of Detroit ranges from eighty to one hundred years.
The water network is subject to the seasonal freeze-thaw cycle. The thermal stresses on the pipe and the varying soil loads act upon the piping until it ruptures. Also, chemistries of the native soils damage the pipe exterior and result in loss of pipe wall thickness. Additional...
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