5-Year Contract: Permanent Water Quality Control Maintenance Services, Travis County, TX

This is a firm-fixed price, estimated quantity contract calling for delivery of the products and services required. Upon acceptance of a bid by Travis County Commissioners and issuance of a Contract Award by the Travis County Purchasing Agent, Bidder shall be obligated to deliver the products and services at the stated prices, within the time specified, and in accordance with all Terms and Condition, and General Provisions contained therein. The quantities offered are the best estimate of Travis County’s needs for a twelve (12) month period. They represent a realistic estimate based on past consumption for purposes of securing a bid. The quantities are not firm and are not ordered or called for. Actual requirements will be stated through issuance of individual purchase orders against the contract, and no obligation to pay for any quantities shall be deemed to exist unless or until such purchase orders are issued. Travis County is not obligated to order product not covered by this contract and is free to secure those requirements from other sources in accordance with applicable purchasing statutes. The Contractor shall install a precast storm water treatment unit (SWTU) in accordance with the notes and details shown on the Drawings and in conformance with these Specifications. The precast storm water treatment units shall be a continuous deflective separator (CDS®) unit, model PMSU30_20 unit as manufactured by CDS Technologies or proven equivalent. Acceptable SWTU unit(s) shall be non-mechanical and gravity driven, requiring no external power requirements. The SWTU unit shall be capable of capturing and permanently retaining settleable, floatable, and neutrally buoyant particles and contaminants in accordance with the sizing criteria of these specifications. The SWTU unit shall be equipped with a stainless steel expanded metal screen having a screen opening of 4700 microns (4.7 mm or 0.185 inches). The separation screen shall be self-cleaning and non-blocking for all flows diverted to it, even when flows within the storm drain pipeline exceed the SWTU unit's design treatment flow capacity. A bypass structure shall be provided to allow conveyance of design flows in excess of the SWTU treatment capacity. Term is 5 years.