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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Renew The Attached Blanket Purchase Order Between Allied Universal Corporation And The City Of Hollywood For The Purchase Of Sodium Hydroxide (Full Truckload) For An Estimated Annual Expenditure Of $117,750.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Public Utilities Department requires the purchase of Sodium Hydroxide (Full Truckload) used in the pH control in the finished water at the Water Treatment Plant.
The required sodium hydroxide (full truckload) was competitively bid by the City of Margate, Florida, acting as the lead agency for the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Group, awarded its Bid Number 2014-009 to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder, Allied Universal Corporation of Miami, Florida for one (1) year with an option to renew for an additional two (2) one (1) year periods.
On July 2, 2014, the City Commission passed and adopted Resolution Number R-2014-195, authorizing the issuance of blanket purchase order (B002612) for the purchase of Sodium Hydroxide to be delivered in a full truckload (3,500 gallons) to Allied Universal Corporation of Miami, Florida, for one (1) year with an option to renew for an additional two (2) one (1) year periods providing that all terms and conditions remain the same.
In January 2015, the City of Margate, Florida, acting as the lead agency for the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Group, renewed the original contract for a one (1) year period with Allied Universal Corporation of Miami, Florida, effective April 17, 2015 through April 16, 2016.
Allied Universal Corporation of Miami, Florida is currently providing sodium hydroxide (full truckload) to the City of Hollywood in a satisfactory manner and has agreed to renew their contract for the first one (1) year renewal term.
Section 38.46 of the City of Hollywood's Purchasing Ordinance provides that the Director shall have the authority to join with other governmental entities in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interest of the City would be served.
The Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Procurement Services recommend that the City Commission approve the issuance of the attached Blanket Purchase Order for the purchase of Sodium Hydroxide (full truckload) for the first one (1) year renewal period with an option to renew for an additional one (1) year period, to Allied Universal Corporation for an estimated annual expenditure of $117,750.00.
Award is subject to the City's receipt and approval of all insurance certificates required by the City's Risk Manager.
Funding for the attached blanket purchase order has been provided for in the fiscal year 2015 budget in the Water Treatment Plant's Chemicals Account Number 42.4011.00000.536.005233 and will be budgeted in subsequent fiscal years.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Wazir A. Ishmael, Ph.D., City Manager
Matthew Lalla, Director, Financial Services
Steve Joseph, Director, Public Utilities
Joel Wasserman, Director, Procurement Services