Item 15 - Hornsby Centrifuge Services — original pdf

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Item 15 Water & Wastewater Commission: May 21, 2025 Council: June 5, 2025 Posting Language ..Title Recommend approval to authorize a contract for Austin Water for centrifuge service and maintenance with Andritz Separation Inc, for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $1,112,440. Funding: $185,695 is available in Austin Water’s Operating Budget. ..Body Lead Department Financial Services Department. Client Department(s) Austin Water. Purchasing Language: Sole Source. MBE/WBE: Sole source contracts are exempt from the City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women-Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program); therefore, no subcontracting goals were established. Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action: May 21, 2025 - To be reviewed by the Austin Water and Wastewater Commission. Additional Backup Information: This contract will provide the City with replacement parts, scheduled maintenance services, support, training, and extended warranties from the original equipment manufacturer on Hornsby Bend centrifuges. The centrifuges are essential to the Hornsby Bend biosolids treatment process. This contract will streamline securing technicians and parts, minimizing downtime. The contractor's training will equip the plant staff with the necessary skills and knowledge to take over most maintenance and scheduled services by the end of the contract. Andritz Separation, Inc holds the sole rights and ownership to Andritz-Ruthner and all replacement parts. This is a new contract. Requested authorization is based on historical spending and departmental estimates of future needs. If a contract is not secured, Hornsby Bend may not have adequate replacement parts and trained staff to maintain and operate the centrifuge equipment. This may significantly impede the City’s biosolids treatment process, interrupting regional wastewater processing, and likely violate the terms of the facility’s Texas Commission on Environmental Quality permit requirements.