2632RFQ - WRF Hardening and Improvements Project

Summary

The City of Daytona Beach is hereby soliciting responses from qualified Design-Build Teams to provide progressive design build services for the design and construction of a hardening and upgrades project at the Bethune Point Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) and the Westside Regional WRF. The project consists of seven individual components located at both WRFs with six components located at the Bethune Point WRF and one component located at the Westside Regional WRF. This project will address several key needs within the City’s wastewater treatment facilities including hardening critical infrastructure, improving operational efficiency and reliability, and maximizing existing treatment capacity. Bethune Point WRF The Bethune WRF is one of two water reclamation facilities owned and operated by the City of Daytona Beach, located on the eastern side of the City limits. The Facility is permitted to treat an annual average daily flow (AADF) of 13 million gallons per day (MGD) with a peak flow of 39 MGD and serves approximately 40,000 customers within the City's service area. The Bethune WRF is situated on low-lying land, adjacent to the Halifax River. While the facility is surrounded by a berm with an elevation of 6 feet (ft) above sea level (ASL), the process equipment is located between 4ft and 5ft ASL, with most of the mechanical and electric components at or below grade. This makes the facility highly susceptible to the flooding from rainfall, storm surge, and sea level rise. Major storm impacts at the facility have caused breaching of the perimeter berm and flooding within the facility causing near catastrophic impacts. A failure at the Bethune Point WRF would leave nearly 40,000 customers without sewer service and could result in sanitary sewer overflows. In addition to these environmental vulnerabilities, various treatment processes have been identified to have condition-related concerns that need to be addressed to ensure reliable service. These concerns include such items as structural degradation, operational deficiencies, and equipment obsolescence. Westside Regional WRF The Westside Regional WRF is the second water reclamation facility owned and operated by the City of Daytona Beach located on the western side of the city limits. The facility is permitted to treat an AADF of 15 MGD with a peak flow of 45 MGD and serves approximately 60,000 customers within the City’s service area. While the western side of the city is located far enough inland to avoid impacts from storm surge, the site is low lying and surrounded by wetlands, making it highly susceptible to flooding. Examples include flooding of the Administration Building and flooding near the power supply to the Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection system, causing the power to be turned off to prevent catastrophic failure. Similar to the Bethune WRF, offsite impacts from Hurricane Milton put significant strain on the Westside Regional WRF. Over the past several years, the City has completed large-scale projects at this facility that have addressed previously identified condition-related concerns. However, there are still equipment obsolescence projects that are needed. A complete Design Criteria Package is included with the RFQ and provides further details on the project and its individual components. Project Funding This project is partially funded by the Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and Hawai'i Wildfires (SAHM) under the State of Florida's Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF). SAHM funding was eligible due to damage sustained and disruption of essential functions where there was potential impact to public health caused by Hurricane Milton. In June 2025, the City submitted a Request for Inclusion (RFI) for funding related to damage sustained from Hurricane Milton and, in November 2025, the City was placed on the SAHM Priority List for the Sponsor Cap amount of $19,166,503. The SAHM allocation will need to be supplemented with additional funding to fully fund this project. While it is anticipated that the additional funding needed will come from the General SRF Program, the selected Design-Build Team will work with the City to identify and apply for other grant programs for which this project might be eligible for. Additionally, limited portions of the project will be funded directly by the City. The following provisions will apply to this project given SRF funding: FDEP Supplementary Conditions have been included with the RFQ for reference as they will be applicable to the construction phase of this project. Given the project funding mechanisms, the entirety of this project will be required to comply with American Iron and Steel (AIS) and Davis-Bacon Wage Rates statutes. Additionally, it is anticipated that portions of this project will also be subject to comply with Build America Buy America (BABA) requirements, however the exact extent of which components BABA will apply to is unknown at this time and will be identified during the pre-construction phase of this project. It is likely that the selected Design-Build Team will be asked to provide cost analytics with BABA during creation of the guaranteed maximum price submissions (GMPs) to determine if a waiver is justified. The Designer on the selected Design-Build Team shall meet the qualifications of 'professional services' as defined in F.S. 287.055 (2). The Design-Build Team shall meet the qualifications of a 'design-build' team as defined in F.S. 287.055 (5).