07 - Bid for Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemicals

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Item No. 7 TO: City Council John Godwin, City Manager FROM: Doug Harris, Director of Utilities SUBJECT: AWARD WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT CHEMICAL BIDS DATE: 07/23/2019 BACKGROUND: Bids for water and wastewater treatment chemicals are scheduled annually. Bids were received and publicly opened at 3:00 p.m. on 07/23/2019. STATUS OF ISSUE: Bids were advertised in The Paris News on 06/30/2019 and 07/07/2019, and published on the City of Paris Department of Utilities website; bid packets were direct mailed to sixty (60) vendors; thirty-one (3 1) bids from twenty-one (2 1) vendors were submitted. Low bids received: Chlorine, $770.00/ton, Brenntag Southwest, Inc.; Alum, $223.00/ton, Affinity Chemical, LLC.; Ammonia, $1,270.00/ton, Tanner Industries, Inc.; Bulk Lime, $189.60/ton, Austin White Lime Company; Bagged Lime, $305.63/ton, Austin White Lime Company; Powdered Activated Carbon, $0.495/lb., Thatcher Company, Inc.; Sulfur Dioxide, $770.00/ton, Brenntag Southwest, Inc.; Sodium Hydroxide, $587.00/ton, Brenntag Southwest, Inc.; Polymer, $1.20/lb., Polydyne, Inc.; Fluoride, $1.96/gal, Pencco, Inc. The bid tabulation is attached. All original bid documents are available for review in the office of the City Clerk. BUDGET: Department 82 - Water Production 10-0211-82-00: $568,241.30; Department 86 — Wastewater Treatment 10-0211-86-00: $137,000.00; Overall total: $705,241.30. RECOMMENDATION: Approve the low bids received for water and wastewater treatment chemicals to be used in FY 2019/2020.