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Committee recommends awarding $3.75 million Well 3 PFAS pretreatment contract; Well 4 GAC tanks await DNR sign-off
Summary
The committee recommended the Village Board award a $3.75 million contract to 8 Pine Construction for the Well 3 PFAS pretreatment project and heard that Well 4’s new GAC tanks are installed pending DNR approval of test results to return the well to service.
The Public Works and Utilities Committee recommended that the Village Board award the Well 3 PFAS pretreatment contract to 8 Pine Construction (8 Pine Inc.), the low bidder.
Speaker 3 reported the project addresses iron and manganese pretreatment ahead of PFAS treatment at the water treatment plant. Bids were opened with 8 Pine submitting the low bid; staff and AECOM recommended award. The low bid was reported in discussion as $3,748,603.40 (the motion language cited $3,748,603.48, a typographic inconsistency discussed in the meeting).
Committee members asked about project timing, alternates included to meet Build America, Buy America requirements, and the anticipated working-days contract of roughly 400 working days from notice to proceed. Staff said actual construction would wait for DNR confirmation and funding program approvals; procurement for long-lead equipment can begin sooner.
Separately, utility staff (Speaker 9) reported that GAC (granular activated carbon) tanks at Well 4 are installed and initial start-up tests have been taken; committee members were told they expect PFAS sampling results from the lab this week and will seek DNR blessing before pumping Well 4 back into the distribution system.
Next steps: committee recommended award to the Village Board, staff to seek DNR confirmation before construction start, and to proceed with equipment procurement and contract administration once approvals are in hand.
