The Village of Waterloo was recently awarded a 2022 NYS EFC Water
Infrastructure Improvement Act (WIIA) Grant to address issues of Inflow
and Infiltration (I&I) of the Village and Town within the collection system
and upgrades to equipment. The project will make improvements to the
WWTP and also address issues of inflow and infiltration within the collection
system to reduce "clean" water being treated at the plant. This
comprehensive project will allow the Village and Town of Waterloo to
discharge less flow to the WWTP and also make upgrades to the plant which
will improve water quality The Village is seeking Statements of Qualifications from qualified
engineering consultants to assist the Village with this project. The Village,
with assistance from the Town, will select a firm and negotiate an
engineering services contract to complete the upgrades and improvements
at the WWTP and within the collection system. Both the Village of Waterloo
and Town of Waterloo have already performed individual evaluations of the
municipal sanitary sewer system located within their own municipal
boundaries, in an effort to reduce the amount of excessive inflow and
infiltration (I&I) that is tributary to the Village of Waterloo WWTP. The
Village previously prepared the "Phase III Inflow & Infiltration (I&I) Study
for the Village of Waterloo WWTP Sanitary Sewer Collection System" (dated
September 2019), while the Town of Waterloo previously prepared the
"Engineering Report for the Sanitary Sewer Collection System Flow
Monitoring Study, Sewer Districts No. 1 (Border City) and No. 2 (Route 5 &
20)" (dated October 2021). Now, these municipalities are working together
in a joint effort to prepare this engineering report and further reduce the
sanitary sewer flows tributary to the Village of Waterloo WWTP. The Village has completed investigations and improvements to their sanitary
sewer system since 2007. The latest Phase III work performed since 2016
has still identified a significant amount of repair and rehabilitation work
that needs to be performed. The recommended improvements plan includes
additional investigations (consisting of dye testing, television inspection of
lateral connections, television inspection of sewer pipe after cleaning to
remove debris, and house to house sump pump inspection program), spot
repairs of protruding taps and leaking joints, CIPP lining, elimination of
previously identified storm sewer cross-connections, and manhole
rehabilitation.
The Town has completed an initial flow monitoring program that identified
the need to replace the concrete wet wells at Lift Stations #2, #3, and #4 in
Sewer District No. 2 due to severe H2S degradation, manhole rehabilitation
and to perform additional television inspection.
The Village is taking the lead to implement the recommended improvements
plan covering both the Village and Town sanitary sewer systems that are
tributary to the Village of Waterloo WWTP. If your firm is interested in
assisting the Village with design, bidding and construction services for
improvements, please provide the following information:
Scope of Services:
(1)Describe your firm's experience in providing design,
construction and inspection services for sewer system
infrastructure needs with various municipalities.
(2)Describe the organization and management effort within the
firm.
(3)Identify the staff you propose to prepare the to lead the
project and any individuals who will be working on the
project. Please include the resume(s) of said individual(s).
(4)Describe the specific engineering services that your firm
will provide to assist the Village in the project.
(5)Describe your knowledge of EFC Water Infrastructure
Improvement Act (WIIA) grant requirements. The selection of the engineering consultant will be based on the
qualifications of the firm and the staff team to be assigned to the Village for
this study. The following criteria will be utilized in evaluating the
credentials of each firm responding to this request: successful performance
in providing engineering services for similar projects; the extent of
experience attained by the person proposed to prepare the Preliminary
Engineering Report and other staff persons proposed to be assigned;
familiarity with the rules to regulations of the NYS EFC Engineering Planning Grant program; technical resources available with the firm to carry
out the assignment; and, the availability of these resources to the Village of
Waterloo. The Village will negotiate a fee for services with the preferred
firm. If an agreement cannot be reached, the Village will meet with the firm
rated second and will attempt to negotiate a mutually acceptable fee for the
scope of services to be provided. The relative weight of each criterion to be
used by the Village in evaluating proposals will be as follows:
(1)Successful experience on similar projects (past performance) 25
(2)Technical capability and financial resources 20
(Qualifications of personnel and financial stability to respondent
organization)
(3)Experience with Village and knowledge of the infrastructure 20
(4)Availability of staff resources (commitment of personnel)20
(5)NYS EFC WIIA experience The Village reserves the right to conduct or waive interviews at its
discretion depending upon the experience and qualifications received from
each consultant. In addition, the Village may choose at its sole discretion to
solicit separate qualifications and designate another consultant for any of
the individual projects undertaken.
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