The City of Atlanta, Department of Watershed Management, is seeking a qualified contractor to provide on-call diving services for the inspection, maintenance, and repair of its wastewater and drinking water infrastructure. The services will include physical inspections, evaluations, maintenance, and repair of underground linear infrastructure, deep tunnel systems, pump stations/shafts, and other associated structures and facilities. The contractor will be required to provide written and photographic documentation of their findings and perform various tasks such as pump placement and removal, underwater mechanical repair, welding, cutting, concrete structural repair, and debris removal. The contractor must meet specific qualifications, certifications, and safety standards, including OSHA commercial diving requirements and related safety certifications.
• The contractor must have experience in commercial diving services in complex utility and treatment facility environments.
• The contractor must meet the minimum professional qualifications, certifications, and medical standards established under OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910, Subpart T – Commercial Diving Operations.
• The contractor must provide a qualified dive team, including divers, tender/divers, standby divers, dive supervisors, and support personnel.
• The contractor must have the operational capability to perform commercial diving services in complex utility and treatment facility environments.
• The contractor must meet the requirements for training and documentation, including providing certifications, licenses, and training documentation for all personnel performing work under the contract.