Authorize a competitive solicitation and contract with the lowest responsive and responsible bidder and provide payment for construction of the Lombard Pump Station and Force Main Upgrade Project E10920 for an estimated amount of $10,200,000

The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) needs to upgrade the Lombard Pump Station and Force Main. The station has been in service for nearly 40 years and has exceeded its designed and anticipated useful life. The Lombard Pump Station and Force Main Upgrade will bring the Pump Station and Force Main into conformance with current BES standards and provide long-term reliability and resiliency for conveying municipal wastewater in the collection system. The project will upgrade the existing Lombard Pump Station with new equipment, including pumps, electrical infrastructure, a code compliant spiral staircase, roof improvements, and an upgraded bathroom. The project will also add new features and equipment to the Pump Station, including ground improvements for seismic resiliency, a standby generator, force main inspection and pipe cleaning tool launch station, valve vault, and an onsite air release valve. The project will upgrade and appropriately resize the Lombard Force Main by replacing the existing 30-inch mixed material force main with 70 feet of 16-inch earthquake resistant ductile iron pipe within the pump station site and slip-lining the remaining 4,750 feet of 30-inch mixed material force main with 18-inch high density polyethylene pipe.

The current budget for the project is $13.85 million with $9.8 million budgeted for the construction contract. The engineer’s estimate or probable construction cost is $10.2 million, and the level of confidence is moderate. Additional funds are available in the Pump Station Improvement Program Shell, WBS element E11280 and will be allocated to the project budget as necessary after bids are received and reviewed. Funds will be paid out of the Sewer System Operating Budget WBS Element E10920 within the BES’ FY2022-2026 Capital Improvement Plan. This project will neither generate nor reduce current or future revenue. No new City positions will be created.

Environmental Services is upgrading Lombard Pump Station and Force Main to ensure that it can continue to serve the surrounding area of North Portland for decades to come and increase seismic resiliency to help reduce time to re-establish of services after a seismic event. The Pump Station is in an isolated location bordering on the Columbia Slough with neighboring properties owned by the Port of Portland. The project team has met with representatives of the Port of Portland and their tenants to ensure that they understand the scope of work and to negotiate necessary temporary and permanent easements. The work on the force main will be more public facing as it will take place in the right-of-way on Columbia Boulevard as well as in Chimney and Pier Park. BES Public Involvement has communicated to neighbors about the project via project updates and will continue to do so. The project team has also worked closely with both Portland Parks and Recreation and the Portland Bureau of Transportation to ensure that all necessary permits are issued and that that project impacts on the public are effectively managed and mitigated.