Rapid City advances $4.7m water and wastewater procurement package

Rapid City advances $4.7m water and wastewater procurement packageRapid City Public Works Committee approved moves to advertise three water and wastewater tenders, covering Well 4, sanitary-sewer CCTV inspections and wastewater-reclamation-facility digester protection. The committee also authorised a search for engineering services for the North Rapid Reservoir at Elk Vale Drive.

Bids will be advertised for Well 4 Improvements, estimated at $3.5 million.

The 2027 Sanitary Sewer Televising Project has an estimated cost of $475,000.

The WRF Digester Exterior Coating and Insulation Replacement project is estimated at $680,000.

The combined stated estimates for the three bid packages total $4.655 million.

Staff may seek engineering proposals for the North Rapid Reservoir at Elk Vale Drive under TIFD 103.

Rapid City’s Public Works Committee has authorised the next procurement steps for three water and wastewater capital projects with combined stated estimates of $4.655 million, headlined by a $3.5 million Well 4 improvement scheme. The committee approved staff authority on 29 September to advertise bids for the Well 4 Improvements project, identified as Project 2742.3 and CIP 50805. The agenda gave an estimated cost of $3.5 million, but did not provide further scope details or a construction timetable. The committee also approved bid advertising for the 2027 Sanitary Sewer Televising Project, Project 2913 and CIP 51350.27, with an estimated cost of $475,000. The work is framed as a sewer televising programme scheduled for 2027. A third tender authorisation covers replacement of exterior coating and insulation on a water reclamation facility digester. The WRF Digester Exterior Coating and Insulation Replacement project, Project 2834.6 and CIP 51293, carries an estimated cost of $680,000. Together, the three authorisations create a defined near-term market opportunity across groundwater-supply infrastructure, sewer-condition assessment and wastewater-treatment assets. The approvals authorise bid advertising rather than award construction contracts. Separately, the committee authorised staff to seek proposals for engineering services for the North Rapid Reservoir at Elk Vale Drive. The project is listed as TIFD 103 Project 2922, CIP 50474. No cost estimate or scope detail for the reservoir engineering assignment was stated in the meeting material. All four water-related measures were approved as part of the committee’s consent calendar, without recorded discussion in the meeting transcript.