The Santa Clara Valley Water District in central California, USA, has announced plans for a water supply expansion project, the Expedited Purified Water Program.

The program could provide up to 45,000 acre-feet per year (AFY) of purified water for indirect and/or direct potable reuse to supplement groundwater recharge from other existing sources, such as imported and locally-stored water supply. The program consists of several key components:

• Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center (SVAWPC) Expansion; 
• Ford Recharge Ponds Indirect Potable Reuse Facility; 
• Mid-Basin Injection Wells; 
• Los Gatos Recharge Ponds; 
• Westside Injection Wells (or central pipeline direct potable reuse as a future alternative); 
• Sunnyvale Indirect Potable Reuse.

The total project investment is estimated at US$800 million.

The District plans to solicit Statements of Qualification in parallel for both the progressive design-build (PDB) project delivery approach and for the public-private-partnership (P3) project delivery method.

Progressive Design-Build (PDB) Procurement Process

The District plans to solicit two Statements of Qualification (SOQ) for the following Program components using progressive design-build (PDB) project delivery: 

    1.  91884009 – Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification Center (SVAWPC) Expansion 
    2.  91384001 – Purified Water Pipeline – from SVAWPC to Los Gatos Recharge Ponds 

The following is the anticipated schedule for the procurement process: 

    1.  Solicitation for PDB SOQs for two Program components – January 2016 
    2.  SOQ evaluations and shortlisting of up to three qualifying entities for each Program component – March 2016 
    3.  Solicitations for PDB Proposals from shortlisted entities for two Program components – April 2016 
    4.  Proposal evaluations and identification of the highest-ranked PDB entity for each of two Program components - October/November 2016
    5.  Staff recommendation to Board of Directors for PDB track or P3 track – December 2016 

Public-Private Partnership (P3) Procurement Process

In parallel with the above-described PDB procurement process, the District plans to solicit Statements of Qualification (SOQ) for a public-private partnership (P3) project delivery approach for the Program. 

The following is the anticipated schedule for the procurement process: 

    1.  Solicitation for P3 SOQs for the Program – January 2016 
    2.  SOQ evaluations and shortlisting of up to three qualifying entities – March 2016 
    3.  Solicitations for P3 Proposals from shortlisted entities – April 2016 
    4.  Proposal evaluations and identification of the highest-ranked P3 entity - October/November 2016 
    5.  Staff recommendation to Board of Directors for PDB track or P3 track – December 2016

See tender documents:

http://www.valleywater.org/Design-Build.aspx