Grand Rapids clears $2.14m WRRF substation replacement

Grand Rapids clears $2.14m WRRF substation replacementThe Grand Rapids City Commission approved a contract with Bazen Electric Co. to replace the North Primary Substation at the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility. The consent-agenda action sets a not-to-exceed authorization of $2.14 million.

Bazen Electric Co. was awarded a $1,748,800 contract for the Water Resource Recovery Facility North Primary Substation Replacement.

The total authorised amount is capped at $2,141,755.

The contract was approved as part of the October 6 consent agenda, which passed without opposition.

Grand Rapids City Commission has authorised up to $2.14 million for replacement of the North Primary Substation at the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility. The commission approved a contract with Bazen Electric Co. valued at $1,748,800, with a total not-to-exceed amount of $2,141,755. The item was included in the Community Development Committee section of the October 6 consent agenda. Consent agenda items are described in the city’s meeting materials as routine or matters of unanimous consent and are enacted through a single motion unless removed for separate discussion. The commission approved the full consent agenda by voice vote, with no opposition recorded and no separate discussion of the substation contract. The agenda identifies the work as the “Water Resource Recovery Facility North Primary Substation Replacement.” No further scope, construction schedule or funding-source detail was discussed during the public meeting. The same consent agenda also approved a separate stormwater contract: Kentwood Excavating Inc. will undertake a storm sewer relocation on Portman Lane SE, under a $138,115 contract and a total not-to-exceed authorisation of $250,000.