SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a Blanket Purchase Order (contract) to Odyssey Manufacturing Company of Tampa, FL in the annual amount of $550,000.00 with the option for two, one-year term extensions, for the purchase of Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same.
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SUMMARY:
Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite (bleach) is used as a disinfectant at the City of Clearwater’s potable water treatment plants, water reclamation facilities, and reclaimed water pump stations.
The lowest responsive bidder in response to invitation to bid, ITB 49-16, is Odyssey Manufacturing Company with a price of $0.48 per gallon. The new Blanket Purchase Order (BPO), which will be effective October 5, 2016, will replace BPO numbers BR509239 and BR509240.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
0421-01351-551000-535-000-0000 $ 350,000.00 FY 16/17
0421-01351-551000-535-000-0000 $ 5,000.00 FY 17/18
0421-02053-551000-533-000-0000 $ 190,000.00 FY 16/17
0421-02053-551000-533-000-0000 $ 5,000.00 FY 17/18
Sufficient funding is available in the Water & Sewer Utility Fund operating cost centers 0421-01351, Wastewater Plant Operations, in the amount of $350,000.00 and 0421-02053, Water Plant Operations, in the amount of $190,000.00, to fund the current fiscal year’s cost of the contract. The funding for the remaining balance of $10,000.00 will be included in the Water and Sewer recommended operating budget from the Director.
USE OF RESERVE FUNDS: N/A