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Authorize an amendment to the contract for engineering services for the Ullrich Water Treatment Plant Centrifuge Rehabilitation/Replacement Project for Capital Delivery Services with AECOM Technical Services Inc., in the amount of $1,000,000 for a revised total contract amount not to exceed $3,000,000. Funding: $1,000,000 is available in the Capital Budget of the Austin Water Department.
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Lead Department
Financial Services Department.
Managing Department
Capital Delivery Services.
Amount and Source of Funding
Funding is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Water.
Purchasing Language:
Contract Amendment.
MBE / WBE:
This contract was previously awarded in compliance with City Code 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). Current participation to date is 7.44% MBE and 28.01% WBE.
Prior Council Action:
August 9, 2018 - Council approved a professional services agreement with AECOM Technical Services Inc. for Ullrich Water Treatment Plant Centrifuge Rehabilitation/Replacement Project.
For More Information:
Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to the Financial Services Department - Central Procurement at: FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
July 16, 2025 - To be reviewed by the Water and Wastewater Commission
July 11, 2018 - Recommended by the Water and Wastewater Commission on a 6-0 vote with Commissioner Penn recusing and Chair Moriarty and Commissioners Turrieta, Michel, and Schmitt absent.
Additional Backup Information:
The Ullrich Water Treatment Plant (WTP) was built in 1969 and has a rated design treatment capacity of 167 million gallons per day. The plant is a conventional lime softening design, with up-flow solids contact reactor type clarifiers, gravity filters, clear well storage, and has raw water and finished water pumping stations. The plant has undergone several expansions...
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