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Approval to Allow the County Manager to Enter into a Contract with Pipe Techs Plumbing, LLC to Removal and Installation Backflow Preventers at the Durham County Detention Center in the Amount of $122,359.00.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: May 12, 2025
Request for Board Action:
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The Board is requested to allow the County Manager to enter into a contract with Pipe Techs Plumbing, LLC to remove and install two (2) backflow preventers at the Durham County Detention Center. The existing backflow preventer, installed originally in 1992, has become damaged over the course of its life. It is required to be replaced as part of the fire pump replacement directly affecting the Life & Safety of the building occupants. A second backflow preventer will be installed as a redundancy.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: County Objective SR2: Safe & Resilient Communities: Create Happy, Healthy, and Safe places for residents and County employees; AND SR3: Improve Quality of Life Outcomes for Justice Involved Individuals.
Resource Persons: Motiryo Keambiroiro, General Service Director, Shawn Davis, General Services Assistant Director Environmental Maintenance, and Howard Heldreth, Master Plumber
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board Allow the County Manager to Enter into a Contract with Pipe Techs Plumbing, LLC to Removal and Installation Backflow Preventers at the Durham County Detention Center in the amount of $122,359.00, as well as Authorize the County Manager to Execute Future Contact Amendments if Cost of Future Amendments have been Allocated within the Capital Improvement Projects for Buildings
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County Manager: ____________________________