As of December 1, 2022, a firm has been awarded for this solicitation. *The closed solicitation has been included below for reference: The City of St. Joseph invites interested Consultants to submit information regarding their experience, qualifications, and fees for providing professional engineering services for a Water System Reliability Study & General Plan. The City of St. Joseph completed it last General Plan and Reliability Study in January, 2016. Considerable improvements have been made at the Water Treatment Plant and on the water distribution system since that time. Given that some of the improvements were either underway, or in the design phase to be completed, the City requested and received an extension until January 1, 2024. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) acknowledged the City's "willingness to conduct a thorough asset management study and carry out extensive strategic capital improvement plans (SCIP)" as part of the justification for the extension. In 2017, the City completed an Asset Management Plan for all infrastructure in the Right-of-Way as part of a SAW (Storm Water, Asset Management, Waste Water) Grant. In 2021, the City embarked on updating the plan and that process is nearing completion. The data collected, and model results from this study, will be used to amend and further refine the water asset and capital improvement portions of those plans. The selected Consultant is expected to coordinate, and work in concert with the Consultant working on the asset management plan update activities. The City of St. Joseph Water Distribution system consists of approximately 56 miles of water main, 1,100 water valves (inline and hydrant auxiliary valves) and 450 fire hydrants. The City's water distribution is in GIS, currently updated through 2021 construction projects. Record drawing information is expected to be available from the 2022 projects in GIS, AutoCAD and pdf formats in the spring of 2023. Some verification of data prior to and during the modeling process is anticipated with either format. While not included in the scope of these services, compatibility to run unidirectional flushing sequences from the model created is strongly desired by the City. Questions regarding the scope of work to be accomplished may be directed to Tim Zebell, City Engineer at (269) 983-5541. Questions pertaining to the selection process, insurance requirements, or other procedural requirements should be directed to Abby Bishop, City Clerk at (269) 983-6325. The method of Contractor Selection has not been Determined at this time
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