Contract No. 21001 - Vernon Hills West Pump Station Force Main Analysis for Lake County, IL

It is the intent of Lake County, Public Works hereafter referred to as “Owner”, to enter into a contractual agreement for the planning, field investigation and evaluation of the two (2) 16-inch force mains, approximately a total of 7,000 LF in length that deliver sewage from the Vernon Hills West Pump Station to the New Century Town Water Reclamation Facility in Vernon Hills. The force main analysis should be performed via an in-line scanning technology that can detect gas pockets and other areas of concern such as localized corrosion, wall loss, force main alignment details, etc. The vendor should provide the equipment to perform the field analysis and staff with experience operating the equipment for similar projects. In addition to the internal analysis Owner desires to perform pipe scanning to identify potential areas of failure. The pipe scanning will be performed by exposing the force main and using a scanning device to locate areas of potential failure. Owner’s desire is to perform the majority of the analysis while both force mains are still in service to minimize the amount of time a shutdown of either main needs to be out of service for.