# Texas DIR/ESBD #RFQ-RawWaterWetWellCleaning

Cleaning of Two Raw Water Intake Pump Wet Wells

**Posted:** October 20, 2026
**Respond By:** November 03, 2026
**Identifier:** RFQ-RawWaterWetWellCleaning
**NAICS:** 562998, 562910

West Travis County Public Utility Agency is seeking qualified contractors to clean two raw-water pump wet wells at its intake facility in Austin, Texas.
- **Buyer:** West Travis County Public Utility Agency (WTCPUA), Operations Manager.
- **Work requested:** Clean Raw Water Pump Wet Well No. 1 and No. 2, removing sediment, silt, organic material, and debris from accessible floors, walls, structures, and areas around pump intakes. Clean the wells one at a time and coordinate shutdowns and return to service with WTCPUA Operations.
- **OEMs and vendors:** No product manufacturers, OEMs, or contractor vendors are named in the opportunity.
- **Services and equipment:** Provide labor, supervision, qualified commercial dive personnel, dive equipment, pumps, hoses, containment, support platforms, lighting, communications, video, safety systems, and mobilization and demobilization. Protect and restore affected facilities and access areas.
- **Sediment management:** Contain, dewater as needed, transport, and lawfully dispose of removed materials; include the disposal approach and costs.
- **Documentation:** Provide before-and-after video and photographs for each well, daily work records, and a final report documenting completed work, estimated material removed, disposal records, and observed conditions.
- **Notable requirements:** Submit relevant experience with submerged utility structures; qualified dive personnel; a site-specific safety plan, dive plan, job hazard analysis, emergency action plan, and applicable confined-space procedures. Include insurance appropriate to commercial diving or maritime work, staffing and equipment details, cleaning and disposal methods, schedule, and required outage windows.
- **Pricing:** Separately itemize mobilization and demobilization; cleaning labor and dive services for each wet well; dive package and equipment; sediment handling, transport, dewatering, and disposal; documentation; and applicable allowances, overtime, additional-day, equipment, or other rates.

### Description

West Travis County Public Utility Agency is requesting sealed quotes to clean two raw water intake wet wells. Work includes removing sediment and debris, cleaning accessible surfaces, and documenting conditions before and after cleaning. Contractors must provide the labor, commercial diving services, equipment, pumping, containment, debris handling, transportation, and lawful disposal needed to complete the work. The work is intended to be completed during December 2026, with the wet wells cleaned one at a time in coordination with agency operations.

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