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MLGW lists $5.7M in planned contracts including battery‑storage study, pumps and fleet replacements
Summary
Memphis Light, Gas and Water presented a slate of 14 vendor contracts and equipment purchases totaling about $5.7 million to its board: placements include battery storage siting studies, water‑pump engineering, IT backups, fleet replacements and meter/revenue support work; officials described both recurring renewals and capital vehicle purchases.
Doug McGowan, president of Memphis Light, Gas and Water (MLGW), presented 14 procurement and contract items to the board and council committee, representing an aggregate request of roughly $5.7 million from MLGW’s 2025 budget. McGowan said the slate combines ongoing service renewals and capital procurements intended to keep operations and water infrastructure on schedule.
Highlights in the presentation included a $192,000 contract proposal for GDS Associates to advise on siting for battery storage systems tied to the utility’s recent RFP for batteries and solar; two engineering services awards to HDR and Barge Design Solutions to support filter upgrades and high‑service pump design at several water pumping stations; and a renewal of Veritas backup software and an enterprise performance management cloud service contract (Mythix Inc.) to support the utility’s financial and IT operations.
The board packet also described fleet and equipment replacements budgeted for 2025: standard 30‑foot octagonal concrete poles for street lighting, decorative concrete post tops, a 4‑wheel‑drive backhoe, three quarter‑ton service pickup trucks and low‑cab‑forward stake trucks, a 65‑foot telescopic boom lift, and preventative maintenance for uninterrupted power supplies. McGowan noted that MLGW follows a fleet replacement plan that schedules replacement by type and condition and that the utility has scaled procurements across years rather than replacing all units at once.
One larger operational item was a $589,000 revenue and meter services support contract with Bridgewater Consulting Group to codify recent progress on reducing delayed and held bills. McGowan said MLGW had reduced outstanding billing backlogs to their lowest level in the utility’s history and that Bridgewater will help build automated and durable processes to avoid future recurrences. He described the contract as workforce optimization, auditing and automation advisory work.
McGowan also noted that some contracts are multi‑year and cover engineering and construction management for water filter work, reservoir pump designs and other projects designed to increase reliability. He closed by saying awards are subject to board approval and the standard state contracts or vendor procurement requirements. The meeting did not record final board votes on each item in the transcript excerpt, but McGowan presented the contracts for the board’s consideration and answered members’ questions about the fleet replacement plan and timing.
