AGENDA TITLE:
title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing $250,000 of City Manager Change Order Authority to On-Call Well and Pump Repair Contract with Zim Industries, Inc., of Fresno and Appropriating Funds ($250,000) (PW)
end
MEETING DATE:
April 16, 2025
PREPARED BY:
Public Works Director
recommendation
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution authorizing $250,000 of City Manager Change Order authority to On-Call Well and Pump Repair Contract with Zim Industries, Inc., of Fresno, and appropriating funds in the amount of $250,000.
body
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City maintains 28 groundwater well sites throughout the city as part of our domestic water supply system. The groundwater wells require regular maintenance and inspection in order to function properly.
Pulling the pumps from the wells and performing video inspections require special equipment and contractors that hold a state license that authorizes them to perform specialized work on municipal water wells. This contract is to provide well and pump inspection and repair services on an on-call basis. The objective of this contract is to minimize delay in performing inspections and making the necessary repairs at water well facilities which will minimize the amount of time a well is out of service.
On May 3, 2023, Council authorized the Award of the On-Call Well and Pump Repair Contract to Zim Industries, Inc. of Fresno in the amount of $995,750 with no change order authority. Since contract award, Wells 9, 11R, 10, and 17 have been rehabilitated and expended the available funds in the contract. Currently, Well 20 is unexpectedly offline due to not being able to pass bacteriological testing and must be rehabilitated to resume operation. The contractor has provided a proposal to rehab the well for $177,390. Upon inspection, the well may also require new pump column pipe, however, that cannot be determined until the pump is removed. The cost for new column pipe and other related material is e...
Click here for full text