Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Teledyne Tekmar, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc., for the purchase of a Purge and Trap Concentrator/Autosampler System for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage. The Purge and Trap Concentrator/Autosampler System will be used at the Division of Sewerage and Drainage Surveillance Laboratory. The Surveillance Lab will use the Purge and Trap Concentrator/Autosampler System for volatile organic analysis of domestic wastewaters, industrial wastes and sewage sludges.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with Section 329.06 (Solicitation SA005502). Twenty (20) vendors (18 MAJ/2 F1) were solicited and Three (3) bids 3 MAJ were received and opened on July 31, 2014. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder, Teledyne Tekmar, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc.
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: Teledyne Tekmar, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc., Contract Compliance Number: 95-4888283, expires 07/14/16. This supplier does not hold MBE/FBE status.
FISCAL IMPACT: $35,896.68 is budgeted for this purchase. The Division of Sewerage and Drainage did not have a purchase of a similar instrument in 2012 or 2013.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Teledyne Tekmar, a business unit of Teledyne Instruments, Inc., for the purchase of a Purge and Trap Concentrator/Autosampler System for the Division of Sewerage and Drainage and to authorize the expenditure of $35,896.68 from the Sewer System Operating Fund. ($35,896.68)
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