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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue An Emergency Purchase Order Without Formal Bidding Procedures To Airsep Process And Controls, LLC. To Perform The Initial Troubleshooting, And To Perform Emergency Repairs To The Coldbox, A Main Component Of The Cryogenic Plant At The City Of Hollywood, Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant, In A Combined Amount Of $146,806.00; And To Approve Contingency Expenditures Related To Potential Unforeseen Miscellaneous Repairs In An Estimated Amount No To Exceed $50,000.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The City of Hollywood, Department of Public Utilities operates a Cryogenic Plant at the Southern Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant (SRWWTP), located at 1621 North 14th Avenue, Hollywood, Florida.
The Cryogenic Plant produces the daily liquid oxygen necessary to meet the biological process related to the disinfection of wastewater.
As part of the standard maintenance system, the Cryogenic Plant undergoes an in-depth annual turn-around, which has been performed since 2011, by Solutionswerks, LLC. under a blanket purchase order.
The turn-around for the Hollywood's Cryogenic Plant took place between October 13, 2014 and October 17, 2014, however, during the final phases of the annual Cryogenic Plant turn-around, Solutionswerks, Inc. informed staff that one of the main components of the plant, the coldbox, had malfunctioned and staff needed to perform additional troubleshooting.
Solutionswerks worked on different troubleshooting scenarios but there were not able to bring the plant back into service.
Due to the sensitive and critical role of the Cryogenic Plant in the overall wastewater treatment process, and because the SRWWTP must provide the required oxygen by trucking in liquid oxygen in the approximate amount of $7,000.00 a day, the Department of Public Utiliti...
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