Alternative Project Delivery - Texas Water Development Board

Examples of Recent or Ongoing Alternative Delivery Projects
appointed by the City. Under the approved articles of incorporation, the City Council
must approve the issuance of any debt for the project, any design, construction or
operating contracts, and the establishment of water rates.
Facility
The facility can be described as follows:
60 MGD surface water transmission and treatment facilities.
The definition of specific facilities has been left for the DBO entities to propose
inclusive of:
• Treatment process;
• Physical facilities; and
• Organization, including regionalization, etc.
Benefits
City officials contend such a plan could save millions of dollars over traditional
development methods.
Present Status
As of December 2000, the City had solicited for DBO proposals but had not yet
selected a vendor team. The City’s proposal required a concept design and
qualifications of responding firms but did not initially request budgets. In addition,
the proposers were asked to suggest means of financing the project. Eight proposals
have been submitted to the City. It was reported that the City will short list
respondents and then request price proposals for selection of the DBO contractor as
the next step in the process.
Cranston, Rhode Island
Background
In the early 1990’s, the City of Cranston was in poor financial health and was facing a
State Department of Environmental Management Consent Order to up-grade its aged
wastewater collection system and treatment plant. The wastewater utility was operated
as a municipal enterprise fund. The revenues from user rates were intended to fully
support the sewer enterprise fund. The improvements mandated by the Consent Order
for the upgrade where evaluated by the City’s consultant engineer and determined to
present significant economic hardship to the City. The City pursued other alternative
means to comply with the Consent Order.
In 1996 the City selected the proposal of Poseidon Resource Corporation of Stamford,
CO to design, build, operate and finance the necessary improvements to the City’s
wastewater system. The term of the contract was 25 years. The City would also
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