TO: Indian River County Board of County Commissioners
THROUGH: John A. Titkanich, Jr, County Administrator
Sean C. Lieske, Director of Utility Services
Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager
FROM: Howard G. Richards, PE, Manager - Capital Projects
DATE: March 19, 2025
SUBJECT: Award of Bid No. 2025018 to Lawrence Lee Construction Services, Inc. for Phase 2 of Upper Floridan Aquifer S1R Well Head & Raw Water Main, IRCDUS Project ID 11.22.503
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BACKGROUND
Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) owns and operates the South County Wellfield comprising of seven (7) Upper Floridan Aquifer (UFA) source water wells that provide raw water to the Oslo Water Treatment Plant (WTP). Well no. S1 is being replaced with a new well, S1R, due to its collapse sometime in 2021 which was deemed unsalvageable.
Construction of the S1R Project, referred to as Upper Floridan Aquifer S1R Well Head & Raw Water Main (IRCDUS Project ID 11.22.503), is being implemented in two (2) phases: Phase 1 is the drilling of the new well, and Phase 2 is construction of the wellhead and new raw water main (RWM) to Oslo WTP.
On February 15, 2022, the Indian River County Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approved Work Order No.8 (WO 8) to Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (KHA) pursuant to the Agreement for Professional Services for Water Plant and Water Resources Engineering Services (RFQ 2019070), dated November 5, 2019, to provide design, permitting, bid, and construction phase services for the S1R Project.
On January 23, 2024, the BCC approved the award of Bid 2024024 to Florida Design Drilling, Inc. (FDD) for Phase 1 of the S1R Project. Phase 1 is now complete, and the project is transitioning to Phase 2. On October 8, 2024, KHA’s WO 8 was amended to provide additional engineering services for bid and construction phase services, wildlife site survey, extended hydrogeolo...
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