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City approves $2.54 million contract to relocate and expand Lift Station 23
Summary
The City of Lacey awarded contract PW2022-12 to Pacific Civil and Infrastructure to relocate Lift Station 23, increase basin capacity, and upsize force mains. Council recorded the award as unanimous; construction is expected to start in June 2025 and take about 250 working days.
The City of Lacey on April 15 awarded contract PW2022-12 to Pacific Civil and Infrastructure of Tacoma for $2,536,196.48 to relocate and expand Lift Station 23.
The work is intended to move the existing lift station out of the planned alignment for a future College Street extension, increase capacity for a growing wastewater basin and upsize a portion of the related force main, staff said. "Staff recommends award of Lacey contract number PW2022-12 to low bidder Pacific Civil and Infrastructure ... in the amount of $2,536,196.48," City staff member Jason Kashi told council during the meeting.
The award follows a three-week public solicitation that produced five bids. Staff said the low bids were about 10% below the engineer's estimate of roughly $2.97 million. The project start is planned for June 2025, and the city allotted 250 working days for construction.
City staff told the council the contract price does not include the purchase price for the lot the city negotiated with a private developer to host the new lift station; staff said the purchase was about $155,000. The project will also coordinate with a recent private plat (Pleasant Glade) and the College Street extension; staff said the city and developer had discussed reimbursement arrangements for some initial work, and city staff may elect to complete certain manholes and gravity improvements directly as part of the contract.
Council moved and seconded the award; the motion carried unanimously, with the minutes noting Councilmember Vasquez was online for the vote. No individual roll-call tallies were listed in the meeting record.
Why it matters: the relocation is being done now to avoid constructing a lift station that would later lie in the path of a planned roadway, and to add capacity in a basin staff described as near capacity given current and planned development. The project includes typical lift-station features shown in staff materials: a wet well, control cabinet, valve vault and a backup generator; staff also described internal coatings and upsized piping to extend asset life and capacity.
What happens next: staff will finalize contract documents and proceed to construction this summer. Council members asked staff to return with additional details on basin connections and the number of future service connections once those figures are available.
