Cleaning-Televising Inspections and Vactor Services

The purpose of this contract to provide all labor, materials, equipment, traffic and erosion control necessary to clean lift stations, clean and internally televise and inspect sanitary sewer mains and to restore all properties disturbed by such efforts. This contract includes accessing the existing sanitary trunk sewer through appropriate easements, bypass pumping, internal televising, inspection of sewer mains and manholes, and restoration in accordance with the City of Sugar Land (COSL) specifications. Contractors bidding on this project should be thoroughly familiar with the specifications and practices of this department.

The City plans to clean approximately 258,000 linear feet of gravity sewer (10% of the collection system) each year under the SSOI Plan using the Asset Management System being implemented. The inspection frequency is determined from the asset risk of failure and consequence of failure evaluation performed by the asset management system. In addition, the City plans to CCTV approximately 129,000 linear feet of gravity sewer (5% of the collection system) each year under the SSOI Plan according to the asset management system recommendations, occurrence of SSOs and other maintenance issues that arise.

The City of Sugar Land is home to 111,026 (Source: US Census Bureau, 2020) residents who celebrate our rich history while helping push us forward to be a City of the future. Sugar Land has always been a trailblazing city, fearlessly forging new paths and surpassing expectations while delivering top-tier services to our residents, employees, and businesses. According to our last Citizen Satisfaction Survey, 95% of residents love calling Sugar Land home and 10% say that nothing would make their lives better than it already is. Sugar Land’s fast-growing population is one of the most highly educated and globally diverse in the region, attracting top talent from the University of Houston’s Sugar Land campus and the greater Houston area. In fact, nearly 60% of residents aged 25 and over have at least a bachelor’s degree and more than 500,000 college graduates lived within 30 minutes of Sugar Land. Sugar Land also boasts one of the most affluent and diverse populations in the State of Texas, with a median household income of $123,261 in 2020 and with an Asian population – including, among others, Chinese, Indian and Pakistani residents– representing over 38% of its residents. Located just 20 minutes from downtown Houston, many of Sugar Land’s attractions are within a short distance from each other, including a world-class baseball park, several museums, and the Smart Financial Centre at Sugar Land, one of the nation’s top ranked entertainment venues. In addition to our world-class destination venues, our residents can enjoy 27 city parks and over 20 miles of hike and bike trails. Sugar Land is consistently voted one of the ‘best suburbs of Houston”, and we think it’s easy to see why.