Wichita Water Utilities

SAIC Works with the City of Wichita to Save Millions on Water Treatment Plant

Working with the City of Wichita, as the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Program Manager, SAIC implemented a competitive pricing strategy for the design-build procurement, ultimately saving the city an estimated $16 million.

Overview

SAIC, in its role as the aquifer storage and recovery program manager, conducted a design-build procurement pricing strategy for a 30 million gallon per day surface water treatment plant. The plant processes include submerged membranes and an ozone advanced oxidation process. SAIC administered the process to select the design engineer for the project and also oversaw the preliminary design activities of the design engineer.

SAIC conducted a pre-qualification process for the design-build contractors and administered the proposal and interview process and proposal review process—including a comprehensive analysis of the cost proposals received. After in-depth interviews, reviews of each contractor’s price proposals, and after SAIC’s experienced construction estimators verified pricing strategies, we determined that the city could save millions of dollars under the engineer’s estimate cost for the plant. Our transaction support consulting for this design-build procurement process is expected to ultimately save the City of Wichita at least $16 million.

Over the next three years, SAIC will continue to work with the city on a dozen construction projects that will be designed and built as part of the ASR program, which will help establish a future water supply to meet the city’s needs for the next 50 years.

Project Details

  • Location: Wichita, Kan.Google Earth
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Facility Size: 30 million gallons per day (MGD) surface water treatment plant

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