Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority Planetbids #148021

SAWPA on-call brine-line draining and emergency cleanup services

SAWPA is seeking on-call support for draining its Inland Empire Brine Line and responding to spills and related emergencies. - Government buyer: Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority (SAWPA), Administration department; Riverside-area service location. - Scope: Planned and unplanned brine-line draining, emergency spill and line-break cleanup, tanker service, equipment and operators, spill containment, traffic control, impacted-soil disposal and testing, and replacement backfill when directed. - Response requirements: Scheduled draining requires five days’ notice; unplanned draining requires service within one day. Emergency cleanup response is required within four hours, with tanker trucks responding within two hours. - Equipment and materials: Tankers must hold at least 5,000 gallons and include 3- and 4-inch hoses and fittings. Equipment includes a front-end loader with a minimum 3-cubic-yard bucket, backhoe, skid steer, dump trucks of at least 10 cubic yards, and roll-off bins of at least 15 cubic yards. Spill supplies include sheeting, sandbags, booms, signs, and caution tape. - OEM: Bobcat is named for the S100 skid steer; an equivalent is acceptable. No other OEM, reseller, or awardee is identified. - Notable requirements: Provide operators, a two-person certified heavy-equipment crew and supervisor; meet applicable traffic-control rules; dispose of brine-impacted soil and perform landfill-required testing; and supply Greenbook-compliant dry backfill capable of at least 90% compaction. Work may occur outside normal business hours. - Estimated quantities: The cost sheet includes 100 scheduled draining units, 40 unplanned draining units, 40 emergency-cleanup units, 80 tons of soil disposal, and equipment, crew, traffic-control, and spill-material estimates detailed below. Quantities are estimates and payment is for work performed. - Agreement term: Documents describe a multiyear agreement with an extension option, but conflict on the base-term end point; confirm the controlling term with SAWPA.

Description

SAWPA is soliciting proposals for on-call services to drain brine wastewater from its Inland Empire Brine Line during planned and unplanned operations and maintenance. The contractor will also provide emergency cleanup for spills, line breaks, and similar incidents, including tanker trucks, equipment, labor, materials, spill containment, traffic control, soil disposal, and backfill as needed. Emergency cleanup response is required within four hours, and tanker trucks must respond within two hours; planned and unplanned line-draining requests require five days’ and one day’s notice, respectively. Proposals are to be submitted electronically through PlanetBids by December 10, 2026.

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