Finance Committee - Agenda - 5/18/2022 - P192
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City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: April 28, 2022
Jeff Lafleur, Superintendent
Solid Waste Department
Landfill Engineering Services Contract
To approve a three year contract for general engineering services for the City of
Nashua’s landfills covering FY23 - FY25 at an annual cost not to exceed
$220,000 to Sanborn Head & Associates of Concord, NH pending approval of the
FY23 operating budget. The term of this contract will be from July, 1 2022
through June 30, 2025. Funding will be through: Department: 168 Solid Waste;
Fund: Solid Waste; Account Classification: 53 Professional and Technical
Services.
Sanborn Head and Associates proposed scope of services and fee schedule.
Sanborn Head and Associates (SHA) is the City’s primary engineering consultant
for landfill and solid waste related issues, including landfill gas management,
design and construction; groundwater, air and solid waste permitting; capacity
analyses; regulatory representation; and general landfill operations. They review
and prepare documents required by the City’s Title V air emission permit. Also,
they prepare the annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions report that is required by the
USEPA.
The City also utilizes SHAs Landfill Gas Management Suite (LFGMS) and
telemetry software program to assist us with monitoring, managing, operating the
landfill gas collection and control system at the Four Hills Landfill. The data
collected in LFGMS is included in tri-annual monitoring reports submitted to
NHDES and is required by the Standard Operating Procedures/Enhanced
Monitoring Procedures Plan approved by NHDES.
As such, they have a thorough understanding of the issues and requirements of the
Four Hills facility and other closed City landfills, and provide consistent, high
quality engineering and consulting services to the department in a timely manner.
They have demonstrated superior abilities relative to regulatory reporting,
permitting, design and construction oversight. Therefore, they are considered a
sole source for these services.
The initial estimated cost for this proposal is for $100,000 for all of the routine,
annual tasks outlined in the scope of work.
