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National Plant Services Work Proposal Proposal Presented By: National Plant Services, Inc. 1461 Harbor Avenue Long Beach, CA 90813 Main Office: 562-436-7600 Email: JeffG@NationalPlant.com Contact: Jeff Garcia, Vice President Cell: 310-505-2578 Proposal for On-Call Public Works Maintenance Services City of La Quinta March 23, 2022 March 23, 2022 City of La Quinta Dianne Hansen, Management Analyst 78495 Calle Tampico La Quinta, California, 92253 RE: RFP On-Call Public Works Maintenance Services To whom it may concern, National Plant Services is pleased to present this submittal in response to La Quinta’s RFP for On-Call Maintenance Services. National Plant Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carylon Corporation, has been serving cities and municipalities throughout California since 1981. We would be honored to provide our sewer inspection services to the City of La Quinta. National Plant Services currently employs twenty-one NASSCO PACP/MACP certified camera technicians, seventeen of whom have over five years of experience. We also maintain a seventeen-truck cleaning fleet with eighteen highly experienced cleaning operators. Our Project Manager, Patty Peña has over 10 years of experience with municipality public works projects and the President, Dennis Keene, has been with the Carylon Corporation since 1972. The vast amount of field, office, and technological experience that National Plant Services can provide is unmatched in the industry. If the department has any questions during the review process, please contact me at 310- 505-2578 or at JeffG@nationalplant.com. We would welcome an interview to further demonstrate our how we can assist the City of La Quinta in meeting and exceeding its sewer-related goals. We appreciate the opportunity to present our services to you. Sincerely, Jeff Garcia *All information and pricing provided in this proposal is valid for ninety (90) days. Contractor Background National Plant Services, Inc., an Illinois incorporated company since 1977, operates as a full-service sewer and storm drain cleaning, inspection, rehabilitation, and maintenance contractor. National Plant Services, Inc. has been providing these services to cities, counties, sanitation districts, and contractors in 11 Western States since 1981. Local clients include the City of Los Angeles, City of Alhambra, City of Monrovia, City of San Gabriel, Los Angeles County Public Work, Los Angeles County Flood Control, and City of Burbank. National Plant Services, Inc. operates 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, providing emergency vacuum, jetting and other cleaning and inspection services. National Plant Services owns all the equipment and employs all the personnel to perform the work necessary to meet the specifications and requirements for the department. National Plant Services corporate office is headquartered in Long Beach, CA and has a northern California branch in Hayward where this project would be administered from. California Contractor's License No. 351503, A and C42 Classifications. National Plant Services’ DIR # is 1000002703. National Plant Services’ EIN is 36-2819728. In addition to cleaning and inspection, National Plant Services provides laser inspection, sonar inspection, LiDAR inspection, industrial plant cleaning, specialty cleaning/mechanical cleaning, smoke testing, flow monitoring, line grouting, spot repairs, lateral lining from the mainline, and top hats (lateral seals). National Plant Services has no negative history to report. References 1. Los Angeles County Department of Public Works Eric Liu, 626-300-3369 ELIU@dpw.lacounty.gov Clean and CCTV inspection of 516,546 LF of sewer lines ranging from 6” – 18” throughout the county. The job also included heavy traffic control, debris disposal, easement, and confined space work and NASSCO/PACP reporting. Contract: $468,159.00 Completed: Phases & On-going 2. Coachella Valley Water District Juan Martinez, 760-398-2651 jmartinez@cvwd.org Clean and CCTV inspection of 8” sewer lines. The project also included installation of 4” spot repairs. Completed: 2019 3. City of Compton 205 S Willowbrook Ave, Compton, CA 90220 John Strickland, 310-605-5505 jstrickland@compton.org Clean and CCTV of various diameter sewer lines, including traffic control, debris disposal, and CCTV submittal for City to comply with State Consent Judgment. Emergency on-call services that include SSO response. Contract: $400,000.00 (per contract year) Completed: Current 4. City of San Gabriel Gerry Lopez, 626-308-2800 glopez@sgch.org Emergency on-call services that include clean and/or CCTV of various diameter sewer lines and lift station including traffic control, and debris disposal. Completed: Current 5. County of San Diego Binh Huynh, 619-510-0259 ThanhBinh.Huynh@sdcounty.ca.gov Conducted MACP inspections of 885 manholes, along with as needed CCTV inspections and sewer line cleaning. Assisted the County with mapping the District’s GIS attribute data to auto populate NASSCO inspection form fields. Contract: $499,330. Completed: 2019 & On-going new contract Staffing & Organization Jeff Garcia – Vice President – Oversees entire project including technicians, equipment, schedule, QA/QC, data submittal, and achieving agreed upon milestones. Patty Pena – Project Manager – Acts as liaison between Agency and National Plant Services. Coordinates pre-construction meeting, document fulfillment (insurance, permits, etc.), schedule, data submittal, and other peripheral work necessary for a successful project. Jorge Salas – Senior Field Superintendent – Responsible for the day-to-day field operations. Will have daily contact with the crews. Will inform Agency of progress, address any issues that may arise, and ensure that weekly and monthly inspection goals are met. Paola Guerrero – Project Administrator/ Quality Control Manager – Will gather the data from the crews, perform a quality review, and merge all the data for agency submittals. She will act as a liaison between the field crew, the field superintendent and project manager. Will serve as a day-to-day contact for La Quinta. Technicians – National Plant Services has approximately 40 technicians. Twenty-one of them have at least three years of NASSCO/PACP experience. From this pool, we will provide the agency with the most experienced inspection crew. Jeff Garcia – Vice President National Plant Services, Inc., Long Beach, CA Mr. Garcia has worked in the underground service industry since 2002. He has functioned in the role of Superintendent, Operations Manager, and Project Manager. He has experience executing projects in excess of $25,000,000 and has a firm understanding of the various software and hardware technologies available in the industry. In addition to his work with National Plant Services, Mr. Garcia is 40 Hour Hazwoper trained, OSHA 30 trained, NASSCO/PACP/MACP trained and has received professional training in Confined Space Entry, C.P.R. and First Aid. Jorge Salas – Senior Field Superintendent National Plant Services, Inc., Long Beach, CA Mr. Salas has worked for National Plant Services since 2006. He has functioned in the role of Foreman, Superintendent, Assistant Project Manager and Project Superintendent. He has a full and clear understanding of what cities and sanitary districts expect from their contractors. In addition to his work with National Plant Services, Mr. Salas is 40 Hour Hazwoper trained and has received professional training in, Confined Space Entry, C.P.R. and First Aid. Mr. Salas is NASSCO-certified and is an expert with WinCan software. Patty Pena – Project Manager National Plant Services, Inc., Long Beach, CA Ms. Peña has worked for National Plant Services since 2018. Joining us from the Public Sector where she worked as a Management Analyst, she brings extensive knowledge in sanitary sewer and MS4 projects. Her work includes FOG programs, Consent Judgement Management, SSO Response and Asset Management Program with GIS understanding. Ms. Peña has received professional training in C.P.R. and First Aid, Stormwater Inspection, is a certified CalEOS Emergency Specialist and is NASSCO PACP/LACP/MACP certified since 2017. She has a full and clear understanding of what municipalities and sanitary districts expect from their contractors. Jeff Garcia Vice President Paola Gurerra Project Administrator QA/QC Manager Patty Pena Project Manager/Client Services Jorge Salas Senior Field Superintendent Field Crew Experience and Scope of Work National Plant Services will perform this work with trained, competent, professional CCTV Inspection Technicians. On long term projects, we make every effort to keep the same CCTV technician on the project for the duration of the project. The lead technician chosen to work on this project will have a minimum of 5 years of NASSCO PACP experience. All our technicians have been trained in Confined Space Entry. All have received basic traffic control training. Most of our CCTV Inspection Technicians also have OSHA 10 Hour training. National Plant Services has developed and implemented a specific Job Safety Analysis (JSA) and a Safety Procedure for performing closed circuit television inspections and will institute that plan (with necessary additions) to this project. All National Plant Services’ trucks and equipment carry our name and logo. Our employees wear uniforms with their name and the company name. We work in the public sector every day and take a great deal of pride in our work. Public safety is of paramount importance. Our crews are trained to recognize situations which might be a hazard to the public and to eliminate or mitigate the hazard immediately. All our technicians have received Basic First Aid and CPR training. National Plant Services considers Traffic Safety a primary element in the performance of cleaning and inspecting sewers. National Plant Services sets up all traffic control measures in strict accordance with the WATCH Book. All field equipment has its own truck-mounted arrow board. Additionally, crews utilize cones and signs in accordance with proper traffic control procedures. Cleaning of Sewer Lines National Plant Services, Inc (NPS) will use a combination jet/vacuum machine capable of generating nozzle pressure at a minimum of 2,000 pounds per square inch to clean the sewer lines. NPS will determine the correct pressure to be used for cleaning in each specific situation, such that all debris is removed, however, avoiding back pressure that will cause water to travel up any residential or business laterals along the sewer line that is being cleaned. NPS will remove debris generated and found by the cleaning of all sewer lines at the first downstream manhole. Debris will not be moved through multiple lines prior to being collected. NPS will properly dispose of all debris removed from the sewer line at an off- site location. NPS will begin jetting at the downstream end of the section of the line and proceed upstream. NPS will then pull the jetting nozzles back downstream, pulling the debris downstream to the manhole where the debris shall be removed. If all debris is not removed from the line on the first pass, NPS will repeat the process until the line is clean. NPS will install debris traps in downstream maintenance holes when cleaning pipe sizes ranging from 15” to 24” in diameter. NPS will rinse all maintenance hole frame and covers after opening to ensure that no debris will cause rattling after closure. NPS will also ensure that all covers close properly. The debris generated from washing the interior of all maintenance hole structures, including the shelves, throughout the project shall be removed as it accumulates. All jetting operations shall be performed with nozzles and skids appropriate for the size of the pipe to be cleaned. Nozzles includes spinners, Warthogs, Dolphin, sand nozzle, and bottom sweepers as manufactured by NozzTeq, StoneAge, and KEG. All lines will be cleaned to 95% clean, apart from broken pipes. Inspection The intent is to inspect the pipe using closed circuit television equipment to inspect and record the internal condition of the pipe. A camera will be driven or pulled through each section of pipe. The operator will stop the movement of the camera to look at any abnormality or defect spotted as well as note laterals and waterline marks. Each lateral, defect, or other abnormality will be classified and documented per NASSCO PACP standards. NPS owns and operates fifteen (15) CCTV Inspection vehicles. Each truck is equipped with two (2) cameras and repair parts. Our technicians are trained to diagnose problems in the field and can make minor repairs in the field. We also maintain a fleet repair staff of five employees who are trained to make field repairs or can bring a new truck to use while the other one is being repaired. National Plant Services will use a data capture software, pre-approved by the agency and use NASSCO PACP coding when performing inspections. All cameras used will be able to pan 360 degrees of the pipe and have a minimum resolution of 720 x 480. Cameras will have auto focus and zoom as well as sufficient lighting. National Plant Services will notify the agency’s Project Manager whenever the camera will not pass or finds an imminent pipe failure. Our Quality Control team will take the maps provided the by the agency and develop an inspection schedule with milestones that ensure the agency timeline is met. Data will be compiled and reviewed by our QA/QC team in the office on a weekly basis. They will ensure that the video is captured in the correct format, that all the defects are properly noted per NASSCO PACP standards, that the overlays display the correct information, and that we are providing a quality product. Any inspections that do not pass our Quality Control standards will be re-inspected at our cost. The data will be transferred to the appropriate media and presented monthly in accordance with the specifications in the RFP. After setting up traffic control, the area around the manhole will be checked with a gas monitor to assure there are not toxic fumes present. If the manhole was sealed prior to opening, it will be resealed when it is closed. The inspection will begin at the uppermost manhole of the segment to be recorded. The camera will be inserted into the line and the required information will be input into the software with the appropriate overlay. The camera will travel down the line at a rate no greater than 30 feet per minute. Defects, laterals, etc. will be noted per PACP guidelines. The daily footage and locations can be relayed to the agency’s field manager daily or as frequently as desired. The Quality Control Department will then gather all the data and merge into one database. This database along with corresponding videos, pictures, and log sheets will be submitted per the agency’s specifications. Along with the data, a summary will be provided using log sheets detailing the inspection. Each line segment will be represented along with the footages of defects, laterals, etc. An Excel sheet will be provided that has the line segments with their ‘Quickscore’ rating and can be sorted to show all the ‘5’s, ‘4’s, etc. This will assist the agency with laying out future CIP projects and determining immediate needs Cost Proposal ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT PRICE 1 Mobilization – per call-out LS $750.00 1 Combo jet/vacuum truck plus operator Per Hour $275.00 2 Hydro/Straight-jet truck plus operator Per Hour $250.00 3 Guzzler truck (debris) plus operator Per Hour $300.00 4 Vacuum truck (liquid) plus operator Per Hour $275.00 5 Trailer jetter with utility truck plus operator (1/2" hose) Per Hour $250.00 6 CCTV truck plus operator Per Hour $275.00 7 Additional labor per technician Per Hour $145.00 8 Disposal – Cost plus 10% 9 Spot Repairs Per Repair $2,500.00 10 Flow Monitoring – 14days LS $6,500.00 11 MACP Level 1 – 15 minimum Per MH $100.00 12 MACP Level 2 – 15 minimum Per MH $175.00 *All information and pricing provided in this proposal is valid for ninety (90) days.