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Jefferson County Department of Public Works April. 15th, 2021
Robert Wheeler Port Hadlock Water Reclamation
623 Sheridan Street Name of Supplier: H2O Innovation USA, Inc.
Port Townsend, WA 98368 Supplier Contact: Shayan Yaghoubi
Dear Mr. Wheeler,
We were pleased to submit our bid for the supply of MBR Design, Fabrication, and Installation
Services to the Jefferson County on Feb 22nd, 2021. We reviewed the bid evaluation technical
memorandum that Tetra Tech has developed, and there are few items we would like to present our
comments on for your consideration:
• With reference to Capital Cost and Bid Differentiators section, please see our comments in
the table below:
Bid Differentiators Report Findings H2O Innovation's Response
Weatherization Not included Per our proposal (section 5), all the
ancillary equipment including
permeate/CIP pumps, RAS/WAS pumps,
chemical dosing systems, CIP system,
PLC and remote IOs are housed in a
modified 40 ft container with doors and
lights. Process and air scouring blowers
are supplied in enclosures designed for
outdoor installation. The proposed system
is fully weatherized. As section 5.3 of our
proposal suggests: unless noted
otherwise, design, supply and installation
of any and all-weather protection,
buildings or sheds
of any kind are by others. For this project,
as the proposal suggests, we are
providing a fully weatherized system.
Tank partitioning for
reliability
Not included Future expansion features 3 bioreactors,
providing adequate redundancy. Initial
phase could be easily designed with two
half grids to accommodate partitioning of
the tanks, upon your request, at minimal
cost impact.
H2O Innovation Inc.
www.h2oinnovation.com
Installed standby
process blowers and
pumps
Not included, shelf
spare provided
H2OI supplied a shelf spare process
blower as part of the specified spare parts
This shelf spare blower can be supplied
hardwired to comply with the redundancy
requirements.
Spare PLC provided Not included Per section 5.1 of our proposal (page 46),
redundant Allen Bradley ControlLogix
PLCs are included in our scope.
ISO 9001 certification
of Quality Management
Systems
Not in compliance,
H2O Innovation has
own Quality
Management
System
H2OI's Quality Management System is
compatible to ISO 9001 QMS protocols
and practices.
MBR System Supplier
warrants all equipment
provided
Not in compliance Please note that H2OI is providing a fully
compliant warranty coverage for all the
equipment per specification
requirements. All equipment supplied by
H2O Innovation is subject to the 24-month
mechanical warranty. Membranes and
diffusers have a warranty over and above
the 24-month period, as described in the
proposal, in compliance with the
specification. For membranes and
diffusers, H2OI will be held responsible to
meet warranty requirements during
warranty periods.
• With reference to Table 5 of technical memorandum, the quantity of elements required for
our system was 100 which is not correct. Our system includes 25 elements per module,
which translates into 50 elements for both modules. Please adjust present worth of
membrane module replacement and total operational present worth value, accordingly.
• With reference to Table 5 of technical memorandum, the present worth of membrane
replacement of Ovivo was presented as $0.00. We believe the NPV shall be based on
equal payments to put aside for future costs. Regardless of membrane warranty period,
we believe the annual amount of money to put aside which needs to go into the NPV is the
total membrane cost divided by 20 years for Ovivo. In our experience, facilities set aside
annual maintenance budget for future membrane costs. As such, we believe it is
representative to include a membrane replacement at the 20-year mark in the vendor
assessment.
H2O Innovation Inc.
www.h2oinnovation.com
We hope that these clarifications and comments provide some additional information to be
considered in your overall evaluation. We would like to thank you again for providing this opportunity
to bid on the Port Hadlock MBR Project. I look forward to your response and can be reached at my
mobile number below for discussion at your convenience.
Sincerely,
Shayan Yaghoubi, P.Eng.
Regional Sales Manager
Mobile: (619) 884-5834
shayan.yaghoubi@h2oinnovation.com