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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue The Attached Blanket Purchase Order Agreements Between Allied Universal Corporation And The City Of Hollywood For The Purchase Of Liquid Chlorine ($120,000.00) And Hawkins Inc. D/B/A The Dumont Company, Inc. And The City Of Hollywood For The Purchase Of Calcium Hypochlorite ($10,000.00) For An Estimated Total Expenditure Of $130,000.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department Public Utilities requires the purchase of Liquid Chlorine in one (1) ton cylinders, used by the Wastewater Treatment Plant as a pretreatment for odor control and to disinfect effluent prior to discharge to the ocean outfall.
The Department Public Utilities requires the purchase of Calcium Hypochlorite in one hundred (100) pound drums, used at the Water Treatment Plant for well disinfection, spiractor recharge disinfection and facility house cleaning and used at the Wastewater Treatment Plant for disinfection of equipment.
Section 38.46 of the City's Purchasing Ordinance authorizes the Director of Procurement Services to join with other governmental entities in cooperative purchasing plans when it is in the best interest of the City.
The supply of liquid chlorine in one ton cylinders & calcium hypochlorite in one hundred pound drums had been competitively bid by the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Purchasing Group, in which the City of Hollywood is an active participant, with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida acting as the lead agency who processed and issued Formal Bid Number 452-11496 for Temporary Employment Services.
On October 2, 2014, the City of Fort Lauderdale's City Commission awarded Bid Number 452-11496 with an effective date of March 11, 2015, to include contracts for the supply of Liquid Chlorine in one (1) ton cylinders to Allied Universal Corporation of Miami, Florida, and for the supply of Calcium Hypochlorite in one hundred (100) pound drums to Hawkins Inc. d/b/a/ The Dumont Company of Oviedo, Florida, for an initial contract period of one (1) year with the option to renew for three (3) additional one (1) year periods, under the terms, conditions and specifications of Bid Number 452-11496.
Section 38.40(C)(5) of the City of Hollywood's Purchasing Ordinance provides that, when it is in the best interest of the City, the Director of Procurement Services may procure without following formal contract procedures, all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services which are the subject of contracts with other governmental entities based strictly on competitive bids.
The Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Procurement Services recommend that the City Commission approve the issuance of the attached Blanket Purchase Orders for the purchase of liquid chlorine in one (1) ton cylinders to Allied Universal for an estimated expenditure of $120,000.00 and for the purchase of calcium hypochlorite in one hundred (100) pound drums to Hawkins Inc. d/b/a/ The Dumont Company for an estimated expenditure of $10,000.00.
Funding for the attached Blanket Purchase Order Agreements have been provided for in the fiscal year 2015 budget in the Public Utilities Wastewater Treatment Plant's chemical supplies Account Number 42.4041.00000.536.005233 and in the Water Treatment Plant's Account Number 42.4011.00000.536.005233 and will be budgeted in 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