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Approve Contract Amendment with Youngquist Brothers Drilling, Inc. for Construction of the Southeast Wellfield Injection Well #1 (Action)
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On September 21, 2022, the PRWC Project Board authorized staff to publish an advertisement for a qualified well driller to construct Southeast Injection Well 1 (SEIW-1) in support of the Southeast Wellfield Project. Subsequently, the Polk County Procurement Division (on behalf of the PRWC) advertised SEIW-1 for bid on November 7, 2022. On December 14, 2022, one (1) bid was received from Youngquist Brothers, Inc. in the amount of $18,888,000. Youngquist Brothers, Inc. was subsequently determined to be responsive and qualified to construct the SEIW-1. A contract agreement was approved by the PRWC Board of Directors at the March 22, 2023 Board meeting.
Construction of SEIW-1 is now concluding with final testing occurring in August and September of 2024. The well was constructed to a cased depth of 3,300' with a total depth of 8,050'. Preliminary testing has indicated that the well will be able to accept the full amount of concentrate water from Phase 1 of the project.
The contract between the PRWC and Youngquist Brother Drilling anticipated the possible need for a second injection well at the Southeast site; therefore, the contract was written in a manner to allow for a second well at or near the water production facility site. Because the contract allowed for a second well and this has been determined not to be needed for Phase One of the Southeast Wellfield Project, staff would like to utilize the existing contract to drill the second well at the West Polk facility. In discussions with Polk County procurement and the PRWC General Counsel, it has been determined that this can be accomplished through a contract amendment with Youngquist.
There are numerous advantages in proceeding with the contract amendment to move the location of the second well including:
1) Youngquist Brothers Drilling ...
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