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Council approves JDV conveyor purchase and BDP change order for water-reclamation upgrades
Summary
The council approved buying a JDV conveyor ($96,000 with contingency) and a change order with BDP Industries ($681,000) to add a second dewatering press, bringing the BDP contract near $1.45 million to support solids-handling improvements and project sequencing for 2027–2028.
City project staff asked the council to pre-purchase equipment and authorize a change order to keep the Water Reclamation Facility solids-handling improvements on schedule.
Andrew Arbini, projects division manager, said the BDP dewatering press and an associated conveyor are long-lead items needed to make project-one systems operational in early 2027. Staff competitively solicited quotes for the conveyor, received two responses and recommended a JDV unit at a low quote of $87,000; including contingency the requested authorization was $96,000. Council approved pre-procurement so the unit can be assigned to the contractor when construction begins.
For project two, Arbini requested a second BDP press to preserve redundancy and meet projected capacity. BDP had been previously declared a sole source because the city already operates BDP equipment and the vendor could honor prior pricing; staff solicited an alternative but found substantially higher cost. The requested change order was $681,000, bringing the total BDP contract to approximately $1.45 million. Council approved that change order as well.
Arbini explained that declining to purchase the conveyor would delay project-one startup by several months and ripple through the project schedule; project-two items may be procured under a later construction contract. Council voted in favor of both measures during roll call votes.
