Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Purchasing Office has a pending Universal Term Contract for the water treatment chemical Powdered Activated Carbon with Calgon Carbon Corporation. The Division of Power and Water needs to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, based on this pending contract, for the purchase of powdered activated carbon during 2007. It is requested that this Ordinance be handled in an emergency manner in order to receive an uninterrupted supply of this water treatment chemical at the best possible price. The vendor listed below does not have certified MBE/FBE status.
Vendor Contract # Contract Compliance # / Exp. Date
Calgon Carbon Corporation pending 250530110 06/06/2009
FISCAL IMPACT: The Division of Power and Water has allocated $15,618,333.00 for water treatment chemicals in the 2007 Budget.
$ 9,891,272.00 was expended for chemicals during 2006.
$ 8,484,023.00 was expended for chemicals during 2005.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, for powdered activated carbon, from a pending Universal Term Contract with Calgon Carbon Corporation for the Division of Power and Water, to authorize the expenditure of $1,000,000.00 from Water Systems Operating Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has a pending Universal Term Contract with for powdered activated carbon in accordance with SA002411, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Power and Water, Department of Public Utilities, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a Blanket Purchase Order, in an emergency manner in order to receive an uninterrupted supply of powdered activated carbon at the best possible price, based on the above mentioned pending Universal Term Contract, ...
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