Explanation
The purpose of this legislation is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish blanket purchase orders for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage to obtain Sodium Hypochlorite in accordance with an established Universal Term Contract that expires March 31, 2014.
Sodium Hypochlorite is an approved chlorine solution used at the Southerly and Jackson Pike Wastewater Treatment Plants to disinfect effluent prior to its discharge to the Scioto River. The Ohio EPA requires that plant effluent be disinfected from May 1 through October 31 of each year. The chemical is being purchased in accordance with the existing Universal Term Contract, FL004866, which expires 3-31-14.
SUPPLIER: Bonded Chemicals (61-1162384); Expires 7-11-14
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Division of Power and Water has allocated $2,167,000.00 for treatment chemicals in the 2013 Budget. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2013 Operating Budget, Ordinance #2631-2012.
$1,869,971.04 was spent in 2012
$1,895,408.56 was spent in 2011
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish Blanket Purchase Orders with Bonded Chemicals from a Universal Term Contract for the purchase of Wastewater Treatment Chemicals for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage, to authorize the expenditure of $314,000.00 from the Sewerage System Operating Fund. ($314,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office established a Universal Term Contract, FL004866 which expires 3-31-14 with Bonded Chemicals for the purchase of Sodium Hypochlorite for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and
WHEREAS, the Ohio EPA requires that effluent material be disinfected by the wastewater treatment plants prior to being discharged into the waterways, a...
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