TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Allison Swisher, Director of Public Utilities
SUBJECT:
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Award of Professional Services Agreement for the 2026 Sanitary Sewer Investigation and Rehabilitation Program to RJN Group Inc. in the Amount of $409,595.00
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BACKGROUND:
The City of Joliet provides wastewater services to residential customers, commercial customers, industrial customers, private utilities, and other sanitary districts, covering over 40 square miles across Will and Kendall Counties. The wastewater collection system consists of 52 sanitary sewer pumping stations, 601 miles of sanitary sewers with pipe diameters ranging from 3" to 72", and approximately 13,823 manholes. The age of the system ranges from the late 1800s to present day. The IEPA has stipulated in the City's wastewater treatment plant NPDES permits that a Capacity, Management, Operations, and Maintenance (CMOM) plan be prepared and implemented. This plan requires a program for identification and reduction of inflow and infiltration (I&I). In order to meet the requirements of the City's NPDES permits, address the overall declining condition of the sewer system, and maintain current levels of service, it is necessary to plan for and develop a sanitary sewer investigation and rehabilitation program.
The City prepared a request for qualifications for the sewer investigation and rehabilitation program that was advertised on December 16, 2021. Upon review of the qualifications, RJN Group Inc. was selected as the most qualified firm to manage the City's program. RJN Group Inc. has been assisting the City with the Sanitary Sewer Investigation and Rehabilitation Program since 2014. RJN Group Inc. has become very knowledgeable of the City's collection system and is integral to the continuation of the program.
For the past eleven years, the City has worked with RJN Group Inc. on a systematic sewer inspection program. To date, 42% of the system's manholes have been inspected, 29% of the...
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