In recent years, an increasing number of repairs to piping systems have been required at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility (TMWRF) to deal with the effects of aging and environmental conditions. Many of the piping systems at the treatment plant are at or near the end of their service life and require replacement. In addition, several of these systems have been repurposed and do not utilize the proper piping for the application. The current piping utilized for the Grit building has compromised pipe and uses steel pipe instead of the proper glass lined pipe.

The piping systems at TMWRF are an integral component of treating the wastewater from the communities of the Truckee Meadows. The wastewater processes in the plant utilize a labyrinth of piping as it makes its way through the facility. Although the plant has redundancy for many of the processes the loss of a major piping system could potentially place the plant in the position of not meeting the Nevada Department Environmental Protection discharge permit. In order to maintain continued sustainability at TMWRF the maintenance of the infrastructure is paramount.

Informal price quotes for the replacement of the grit piping were solicited from three local contractors.  The results of the solicitation are shown in Table 1.  QCS provided the lowest quotation of $82,496.  Based upon the current operational cost sharing ratio, the cost will be split between Reno and Sparks as shown in Table 2, attached.

1. Council can approve the agreement as presented by staff.
2.  Council can direct the manager to provide other alternatives.

I move to award the contract to QCS (AC-5110) in the amount of $82,496.00 for Grit building piping improvements located at the Truckee Meadows Water Reclamation Facility.