Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Hach Company for the purchase of a flow injection analyzer for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Laboratory. The flow injection analyzer is used to run both pretreatment and plant samples for ammonia, TKN, total p, cyanide, phenol, and nitrate-nitrite for compliance with NPDES permits. The sole bidder is Hach Company at $51,441.52. They do not have MBE/FBE status.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with Section 329.06 (Solicitation SA004757). Thirty-five (35) vendors (33 MAJ, 1 MBE, 1 FBE) were solicited and one (1) bid (1 MAJ) were received and opened on January 31, 2013. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: Hach Company, CC# 42-0704420, expiration date: 04/03/2014
FISCAL IMPACT: $51,441.52 is needed and budgeted for this purchase.
2011 expenditures for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage is $53,392.82.
2012 expenditures for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage is $0.0.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a contract with Hach Company for the purchase of a flow injection analyzer for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, and to authorize the expenditure of $51,441.52 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($51,441.52)
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WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on January 31, 2013 for the purchase of a flow injection analyzer for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, Surveillance Laboratory; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder Hach Company; and
WHEREAS, the flow injection analyzer is used to run both pretreatment and plant samples for ammonia, TKN, total p, cyanide, phenol, and nitrate-nitrite for compliance with NPDES permits; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessa...
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