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File #: 1718-2014    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/9/2014 In control: Public Utilities Committee
On agenda: 9/15/2014 Final action: 9/17/2014
Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Biss Nuss, Inc. for the purchase of Chemical Inductor Units for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to authorize the expenditure of $58,935.00 from the Sewer Operating Fund. ($58,935.00)
Attachments: 1. ORD#1718-2014Recommendation, 2. ORD#1718-2014Information
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Biss Nuss, Inc. for the purchase of Chemical Inductor Units for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The new Chemical Inductor Units will be used at the Southerly Waste Water Treatment Plant for the repair and maintenance of plant mixing and diffusion of chemicals.

The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the pertinent provisions of Section 329 (Solicitation SA005461). Forty Five (45) vendors (43 MAJ/1 F1/1MBR) were solicited and one (1) bid (1 MAJ) was received and opened on June 26, 2014. The award is recommended to Biss Nuss, Inc. as the lowest responsive, responsible, and best bidder for all items for a total amount of $58,935.00.

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.

SUPPLIER: Biss Nuss, Inc., Contract Compliance Number: 34-1392362, expires 10/25/2015. This supplier does not hold MBE/FBE status.

FISCAL IMPACT: $58,935.00 is budgeted for this purchase. There were no similar purchases in 2012 or 2013.

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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Biss Nuss, Inc. for the purchase of Chemical Inductor Units for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to authorize the expenditure of $58,935.00 from the Sewer Operating Fund. ($58,935.00)

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WHEREAS, Chemical Inductor Units are required by the Division of Sewerage and Drainage for the repair and maintenance of mixing and diffusion of chemicals at Southerly Wastewater Treatment Plant; and

WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on June 26, 2014 for the purchase of Chemical Inductor Units for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage; and

WHEREAS, the Division of Sewerage and Drainage ...

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