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Carmen Ard
Title
Purchase of state mandated water well capping and plugging services at various sites from Advanced Water Well Technologies in the amount $214,560.28 with a 5% contingency of $10,728.01, for a total amount of $225,288.29 through an inter-local agreement with BuyBoard
Presenter
Gabe Johnson, Public Works Director
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
Advanced Water Well Technologies provides all provisions for removal, capping and plugging of water wells while adhering to state mandated regulations for capping and plugging these sites. It is essential to properly decommission these water wells to prevent contamination of the water supply to protect the welfare of the City’s residents. We are going to cap Red Oak well (Well 26) located at 5021 Red Oak Drive. We are planning to pull the pump & motors from 13th Street well (Well 13) located at 214 NW 13th Street, Graham Street well (Well 16) located at 2750 Graham Street, Shady Grove well (Well 22) located at 501 W. Shady Grove Road and Turner Park well (Well 19) located at 634 N. Belt Line Road.
Chapter 271.102 of the Local Government Code authorizes local governments to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with another local government or local cooperative organization. Each to perform governmental functions or services including administrative functions normally associated with the operation of government. The City of Grand Prairie does not need to competitively bid items purchased through such agreements as they have already been bid by the sponsoring entity or agency. The City of Grand Prairie has master inter-local cooperative agreements with various entities including BuyBoard.
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