BAWA Resolution No. 2023-01 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-01
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA
WATER AUTHORITY SELECTING THE ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY METHOD
THAT WILL YIELD THE BEST VALUE TO THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER
AUTHORITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAWA EAST SURFACE WATER
TREATMENT PLANT EXPANSION PROJECT;AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF
REQUESTS FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FOR
DESIGN-BUILD SERVICES; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, Section 2269.056 of the Texas Government Code provides that before using a
construction delivery method other than competitive bidding,the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area
Water Authority("BAWA")must determine which method provides the best value for BAWA;and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority believes that a
construction delivery method other than competitive bidding for the construction of the BAWA East
Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project will yield a better value to BAWA; and
WHEREAS, after considering each of the construction delivery methods, which are authorized in
Chapter 2269 of the Texas Government Code,the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority
believes that the design-build delivery method will yield the best value;NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER
AUTHORITY:
Section 1: The recitals contained in the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and
are adopted as findings of the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority.
Section 2: The Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority hereby determines
that the design-build delivery method will yield the best value to BAWA for the construction of the BAWA
East Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project and selects that alternative delivery method to be
used for such project.
Section 3: The Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority hereby authorizes
the issuance of Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals for design-build services for the
BAWA East Surface Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project.
Section 4: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority.
INTRODUCED, READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of the
Baytown Area Water Authority this the 180i day of January,2023.
BRENDA BRAD-LE SMITH,President
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SCOTT LEM ND,General Counsel
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