Title
Arizona Blue Stake doing business as Arizona 811
Description
For $120,000.00 in payment authority to continue mandatory pre-excavation notification services for underground utility locating services in Fiscal Year 2022-23 for the Water Services Department (WSD). The contractor works with professional excavators and homeowners throughout Arizona to notify WSD Utility Locating staff of excavations near WSD underground utilities. WSD staff responds to notices by locating infrastructure and marking the street to prevent possible damage to the underground infrastructure. Marking utility lines is critical to preventing fines, serious injuries, and costly damages and service interruptions to utilities. Per state law, Arizona Revised Statutes 40-360.21-32, participation in this program is a legal requirement for all underground facility owners-operations with the right to bury underground facilities in the right-of-way.