St. Tammany Parish Government (STPG), the Department of Utilities (DU) is seeking a provider to provide emergency sewer pumping, vacuuming, and transportation in the event of a natural, manmade disaster; resulting in consequential major power outages, or occurrences that would be deemed as an emergency by DU. Emergency Sewer Vacuum and Transport: The Parish, AT IT’S SOLE DISCRETION, shall determine if the RFP contract will be activated depending on an emergency event that would directly impact St. Tammany Parish. DU owns and operates over 260 lift stations throughout St. Tammany Parish. If an event occurs where the Parish experiences a natural or manmade disaster resulting in widespread power outages, in most areas, the sewer lift stations will become temporarily inoperable. Those lift stations that are determined to be inoperable will be evacuated by pumping/vacuuming the sanitary sewer wastewater and that wastewater transported to the closest downstream operable lift station. If there is no operable downstream lift station, or it is not feasible to do so, trucks will be directed to transport the wastewater to the wastewater treatment facility owned and operated by the Parish. DU will direct the driver during these emergencies.
