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DATE: <br />TO: <br />THROUGH <br />FROM: <br />SUBJECT: <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />January 25, 2023 <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />Michael C. Zito, Interim County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director, Office of Management and Budget <br />Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />Agreement with Meeks Plumbing for North County and West Wabasso <br />Septic to Sewer (S2S) Private Side Connections <br />BACKGROUND: <br />On December 20, 2022, the Board awarded RFP 2023007 for North County Water and Sewer <br />System Phase 2 Customer Side Connections to the sole proposer, Meeks Plumbing, Inc. ("Meeks"), <br />and authorized staff to begin negotiations. Residences will only be connected to sewer after they <br />have connected to County water. The costs of connection to sewer will be paid to Meeks by the <br />County, and will come from cost -share grant funds from St. Johns River Water Management <br />District and the Indian River Lagoon Council, as well as American Rescue PlanJunds. <br />As requested in the RFP, Meeks also provided base pricing for water side connections. <br />Homeowners are not required to utilize Meeks to connect, as the cost to connect a residence to <br />County water is the responsibility of the homeowner. <br />nicri Iccinni. <br />Staff has conducted negotiations with Meeks, and has prepared an agreement. <br />On January 17, 2023, the Board authorized the use of ARP funding for 31 private sewer <br />connections in the West Wabasso area. Because the scope of work is the=same in both areas, a <br />competitive solicitation has already been issued with a single qualified respondent, and the <br />timelines of the projects overlap, staff would like to include the West Wabasso residences in the <br />proposed agreement. <br />FUNDING: <br />The anticipated cost of the customer side North County sewer connections is $1,627,057.80. The <br />customer side sewer connection cost in West Wabasso is estimated at $316,688.49 ($142,600.27 <br />for Phase 3A and $174,088.22 for Phase 3B). Both projects are anticipated to cost $1,943,746.29 <br />combined. Available funding sources are shown below. <br />W <br />