The City of Sugar Land owns and operates 134 wastewater lift stations throughout the City. These lift stations are a critical part of transporting wastewater from residents' homes and business' to the City’s wastewater treatment plants. The City’s service level for lift stations is based on an adopted 25-year useful life for the majority of the assets within each lift station. The City’s annual Capital Improvement Program (CIP) includes funding to proactively rehabilitate a number of these lift stations in order to maintain the current service level.

To help prioritize the annual CIP investment, the City utilizes the Lift Station Asset Management Model and conducts routine inspections and assessments of the wastewater lift stations to prioritize rehabilitation needs. In FY22, the following lift stations were recommended for rehabilitation:

• Recreational Center  - No. 400
• Greatwood Lakes - No. 500
• Elkins - No. 24

All three lift stations require major rehabilitation in order to avoid further deterioration. Proactive rehabilitation of these assets will reduce the likelihood of future failure and offset the higher reactive repair costs. These improvements also improve service levels to include compliance with electrical codes, improved efficiency, and improved safety of operational staff.

The design of the recommended rehabilitation was completed, and the rehabilitation project scope of work includes the following tasks:

• Valve vault modifications / pump installation
• Riser and header piping installation
• Electrical improvements to include SCADA connectivity
• Wet well recoating / By-pass pumping / Start-Up Testing
• Other necessary miscellaneous improvements

In order to work within the project budget, the project was packaged into a base bid that consisted of two (2) lift stations plus one (1) alternate bid, as shown below:

• Recreational Center  - No. 400 (Base bid)
• Greatwood Lakes - No. 500 (Base bid)
• Elkins - No. 24 (Add-alternate Bid)

An Invitation to Bid was advertised on February 23 and March 2, 2022. Three (3) bids were received on March 10, 2022.  A bid summary of the three  (3) bids is shown below:

Staff recommends awarding the base bid portion to the lowest total bidder CFG Industries LLC, for a total contract amount of $1,225,715.  The alternate bid, Elkins lift station, will be included in the FY23 construction package. 

Funding also needed to cover the construction phase administration services ($30,000.00) and a 5% contingency ($61,285.00) for a total project cost of $1,317,000. The available funding in CIP CWW2104 is $1,419,354.44. 

Sander Engineering Corporation completed a review and evaluation of these bids and checked all the references submitted by CFG Industries LLC. Sander Engineering provided a letter of recommendation indicating CFG Industries LLC is capable of completing a project of this nature. Notice to Proceed will be issued with a contract time of 270 calendar days.

In accordance with Policy CO-110, Notification of Construction Impacts and Service Interruptions, the Lift Station Rehabilitation project is classified as a Neighborhood Project located on city property and inside fences. No service interruptions are anticipated. Staff will provide notifications via door hangars, mailouts, and one-on-one communications as needed.

The Engineering and Public Works Departments recommend that the City Council authorize the execution of a construction contract for the base bid portion with CFG Industries LLC for the rehabilitation of the Lift Stations at Recreation Center (No.400), and Greatwood Lakes (No.500), CIP CWW2104, in the amount of $1,225,715.