Norwalk extends Wright-Pierce pump-station mandate with $750,000 cap
Norwalk Dept of Public Works, Connecticut · Meeting date: October 19, 2026 · Published: October 20, 2026
Norwalk’s Water Pollution Control Authority has unanimously approved a seventh amendment to its Wright-Pierce agreement, extending the consultant’s appointment to 2029. Most of the new authorisation is expected to support the Keeler Brook Pump Station relocation, which remains at 60% design.
Key points
- The WPCA unanimously approved a three-year extension to Wright-Pierce’s on-call engineering agreement, for a not-to-exceed $750,000.
- Wright-Pierce’s proposal assigns $625,000 to remaining Keeler Brook design, bidding, construction administration and inspection, with $125,000 reserved for additional engineering work.
- WPCA staff said the existing contract has about $200,000 remaining for the Keeler Brook task order, while the new approval caps new work over the extension period at $750,000.
- The Keeler Brook relocation’s site-civil/building-demolition and pump-station consultants submitted 60% designs in October; a temporary bypass remains in daily operation.
Full report
Norwalk Water Pollution Control Authority has approved a three-year, not-to-exceed $750,000 extension of Wright-Pierce Inc.’s on-call engineering agreement, maintaining consultant support as the Keeler Brook Pump Station relocation advances through design.
The authority voted unanimously on 19 October to execute the seventh amendment to the agreement originally signed in January 2016. The previous amendment expires on 26 January 2027. Staff said Wright-Pierce is the WPCA’s on-call consultant for pump-station work and that the extension is intended to cover continuing Keeler Brook services as well as potential smaller assignments at other stations.
Keeler Brook is the dominant commitment in the consultant’s October proposal. Of the $750,000 ceiling, $150,000 is identified for continuing design coordination and bidding-phase services, $260,000 for construction administration and $215,000 for construction inspection. A further $125,000 is an engineering contingency for ongoing, unknown or new work during the extension period, including potential work at other pump stations or support for the wastewater managed-asset registry.
The scope covers completion of 90% and 100% contract documents, any required permit updates, bid support, construction meetings, site visits, contractor payment and change-order reviews, start-up support, record drawings and construction inspection. The proposal assumes an approximately 30-day bidding phase and an 18-month construction phase, although staff told the board that the project does not yet have a final construction scope, bid date or construction-administration start date.
Board members pressed staff to clarify whether the approval could result in a total commitment beyond $750,000. Staff confirmed that the new authorisation is capped at $750,000. They also said the existing Wright-Pierce contract retains about $200,000 that can be applied to the Keeler Brook task order, while describing the extension as a planning allowance based on annual consultant spending of about $200,000-$250,000.
The amendment comes as the relocation progresses. Staff reported that Tighe & Bond, responsible for the site-civil and building-demolition package, and Wright-Pierce, responsible for the pump-station package, submitted 60% designs earlier in October. Those documents were under WPCA review. A temporary bypass continues to be maintained daily by Veolia’s collections and maintenance teams.
The authority is also continuing weekly meetings with FEMA and work with insurance firm Karma on an insurance claim connected to the August 2024 storm. Separately, staff said Keeler Brook had been recommended for a $1.1 million Community Investment Fund grant award, subject to further process.
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Source: Water Pollution Control Authority, Norwalk Dept of Public Works