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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Approving And Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Execute A Blanket Purchase Agreement With Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. For The Supply And Delivery Of Sodium Hydroxide In An Annual Amount Up To $990,000.00 For An Initial Term Of One Year Based On The Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Group Contract No. 2023-006 In Accordance With Section 38.41(C)(5) Of The Procurement Code. (Piggyback)
Strategic Plan Focus
Infrastructure & Facilities
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department of Public Utilities (“Department”) needs sodium hydroxide 50% to control the pH in finished water at the Water Treatment Plant and neutralize hydrogen sulfide odors at the Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant. The Department needs to have sodium hydroxide delivered in both partial and full truckload quantities.
The City of Margate, acting as the lead agency for the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Group, awarded Contract No. 2023-006 for the supply and delivery of sodium hydroxide to Brenntag Mid-South, Inc. (“BMS”) for an initial term of one year from April 19 , 2025, to April 18, 2026, with an option to renew for two additional one-year periods.
BSM has agreed to extend to the City the same pricing, terms, and conditions as those in Contract No. 2023-006 for an initial period of June 18, 2025, through April 18, 2026.
The Department Director and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that the City Commission approve and authorize the execution of a Blanket Purchase Agreement with BSM for the supply and delivery of sodium hydroxide in an estimated annual amount of up to $990,000.00.
Section 38.41(C)(5) of the Procurement Code allows the Chief Procurement Officer to procure, without formal solicitation procedures, all goods, supplies, materials, equipment, and services that are the subject of contracts with the state, its political subdivisions, the United States government, other governmental entities, or a corporation not for profit whose members are governmental entities, public officers, or any combination thereof (“piggyback”), provided that the goods, supplies, materials, equipment, or services are the subject of a price schedule negotiated by the entities listed above and is based strictly on competitive bids, quotations, or competitive proposals and not on any preference and such utilization of other governmental entities contracts shall be permitted only during the term of the other governmental entity’s contract. Section 38.47 provides the CPO the authority to join with other governmental entities in cooperative purchasing plans when the best interest of the City is served. Cooperative acquisitions where the expenditure by the City is estimated to be in excess of $100,000 shall be subject to approval by the City Commission.
The award is subject to the City’s receipt and approval of all insurance certificates required by the City’s Risk Manager.
Fiscal Impact
A portion of the funding for this agreement is available in the FY 2025 Operating Budget in account numbers 442.400501.53600.552330.000000.000.000 and 442.400601.53600.552330.000000.000.000, and will be budgeted in subsequent fiscal years’ operating budgets, subject to approval and adoption by the City Commission.
No additional staff will be needed as a result of this resolution.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Vincent Morello, Director, Public Utilities
Chris O’Brien, Director, Public Safety