LEON CREEK WRC HYDRAULIC AND SOLIDS IMPROVEMENTS

LEON CREEK WATER RECYCLING CENTER (WRC) HYDRAULIC AND SOLIDS IMPROVEMENTS

CONTRACTOR OUTREACH MEETING

In-Person Meeting

March 4, 2025 at 8:30 am (CST)

SAWS Headquarters, Tower II

Conference Room CR-C145

2800 US Hwy 281 North

San Antonio, Texas 78212

Site Visit

March 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm (CST)

Leon Creek Water Recycling Center

1104 Mauermann Road

San Antonio, Texas 78224

1. OUTREACH MEETING AND SITE VISIT

Please join us for an information meeting and site visit to discuss the Leon Creek Water Recycling Center (WRC) Hydraulic and Solids Improvements Project.

This will be an in-person meeting.  Sign-in will begin at 8:00 am (CST), with the formal presentation starting at 8:30 am (CST) at the SAWS Headquarters, Tower II Conference Room CR-C145. The presentation will provide important information about the project . Attendees should meet no later than 1:00 pm (CST) at the Leon Creek WRC for a walk through of the site.  To obtain additional information about the project, ask questions, or provide comment, contact Janie M. Powell at 210-233-2443 or via email at Janie.Powell@saws.org .

This outreach meeting and site visit is primarily for prime contractors or key subcontractors only. Refer to the estimated scope in Section II.6. below.

Please complete the attached RSVP form and provide to Janie M. Powell, Contract Administrator via email to Janie.Powell@saws.org by the RSVP deadline. Attendees shall RSVP no later than February 28, 2025 by 10:00 AM (CDT). There is a limit of two (2) team members per firm.

Please submit questions and/or comments by March 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM (CDT).  Answers to the questions will be posted to the web site by March 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM (CDT).

1. PROJECT INFORMATION

1. The Leon Creek WRC (LCWRC) is one of three wastewater treatment plants owned and operated by SAWS. The plant was built in 1965 and is located at 1104 Mauermann Rd. San Antonio, TX 78224.
2. Estimated construction budget is $60,000,000.00.
3. Estimated advertisement in 3 ^rd quarter of 2025
4. This project will be procured through the Request for Competitive Sealed Proposal (RFCSP) alternative construction delivery method.
5. Estimated Construction start in 1 ^st Quarter of 2026
6. This project will implement upgrades at the Leon Creek WRC to increase the process and hydraulic capacity of the treatment units downstream of the aeration basins to the outfall.  The purpose of the solids improvements is to address capacity and maintenance issues with the solids holding, mixing and transfer systems, address aging electrical and instrumentation components, and to minimize the deposits in the solids transfer (interconnect) lines between the Leon Creek WRC and the Steven M. Clouse WRC.
7. The scope of this project includes:

• Hydraulic upgrades including, but not limited to, removal and/or modification of junction boxes
• Rehabilitation of concrete, weirs, sludge collection mechanisms and other ancillary equipment in final clarifiers
• Rehabilitation of solids transfer, waste activated sludge, and solids primary pump stations
• Installation of a new chlorine contact basin, and rehabilitation of concrete in existing chlorine contact basins
• Replacement of transformers and associated electrical and instrumentation upgrades
• Installation of new sludge blend tank(s) and mixing system(s)
  • Installation of strain presses, sludge pump station, and building

Please note this meeting and site visit is informational only. All dates are estimates and subject to change at any time without notice, including cancellation of the project.

III.   ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

1. If your firm is interested in submitting a proposal for this project, it is important to register as a vendor on the SAWS Vendor Registration and Notification System. Once registered and the project is advertised, you will be able to view and download the plans and specifications at no charge.

Link to register: https://apps.saws.org/business_center/vendor/

1. Contractors are also encouraged to a RFCSP Contractor Training offered by SAWS Contracting . Once the training date(s) for 2025 are established all attendees to this meeting will be notified by Janie M. Powell via email, as well as sent a meeting invite to attend the WebEx RFCSP Training meeting.