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Resolution to Increase Service Purchase Order with DownUnder Municipal Services, LLC for Sanitary Sewer Cleaning Services for the Northside Sanitary Sewer Sub-Main Project ($4,009.51)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval, please find a resolution that will increase the existing Service Purchase Order with DownUnder Municipal Services, LLC (DownUnder) by the amount of $4,009.51 for sanitary sewer cleaning and videotaping services on the subject project. On January 5, 2008, you approved resolution R-08-519 (copy attached) that approved a service purchase order with DownUnder in the amount of $36,219.05 for the needed sanitary sewer cleaning and videotaping services in support of the subject project.
With your approval of this amendment to the service purchase order, a total amount of $43,849.51 ($36,219.05 for the original work, plus $3,620.95 from the approved contingency amount, plus $4,009.51 in additional quantities to properly complete the work) will have been approved for DownUnder for all cleaning and televising work. The project consists of relining the existing twelve-inch sanitary sewer that runs along the Huron River from Barton to Longshore Drives. As part of the project, we will also be rehabilitating the existing manholes along this stretch of sewer and rehabilitate a storm sewer outfall along the project route that has fallen into disrepair. This project is included in the City’s adopted FY08 Capital Budget.
Due to the location of this sewer, our Field Operations personnel did not have the necessary equipment to be able to reach all portions of the sewer and clean it completely. As a result of the sewer’s age and maintenance history, it was in poor condition. When the work began, we discovered that it was be necessary to clean portions of the sewer so that the root foaming equipment could be pulled through the sewer. Consequently, we then had to clean portions of the sewer twice to be able to perform the intended work. Ou...
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