06 - Water & Wastewater Treatment Chemical Bids

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Item No. 6 TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem & City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Doug Harris, Director of Utilities SUBJECT: AWARD WATER & WASTEWATER TREATMENT CHEMICAL BIDS DATE: August 9, 2021 BACKGROUND: Bids for water and wastewater treatment chemicals are scheduled annually. Bids were received and publicly opened at 3:00 p.m. on 07/20/2021. STATUS OF ISSUE: Bids were advertised in The Paris News on 06/20/2021 and 06/27/2021, and published on the City of Paris Department of Utilities website; bid packets were direct mailed to fifty-nine (59) vendors; twenty-seven (27) bids from seventeen (17) vendors were submitted. Low bids received: Chlorine, $1,320.00/ton, Brenntag Southwest, Inc.; Alum, $275.00/ton, Chameleon Industries, Inc..; Ammonia, $1,280.00/ton, Airgas Specialty Products, Inc.; Bulk Lime, $190.55/ton, Austin White Lime, Co.; Bagged Lime, $283.61/ton, Texas Lime Company; Powdered Activated Carbon, $0.65/lb., Cabot Norit Americas, Inc.; Sulfur Dioxide, $1,030.00/ton, Brenntag Southwest, Inc.; Sodium Hydroxide, $679.14/ton, DPC Industries, Inc.; Polymer, $1.32/lb., Polydyne, Inc.; Fluoride, $2.19/gal, Univar USA, 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: $708,076.10; Department 86 — Wastewater Treatment 10-0211-86-00: $183,500.00; Overall total: $891,576.10.