STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Government Performance & Financial Management
AGENDA DATE: September 14, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): 4, 6, 8, Outside City Limits
DEPARTMENT: Office of Procurement Services
EXECUTIVE: Jack Ireland
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a two-year master agreement for the purchase of drinking water treatment chemicals for the Water Utilities Department - Univar Solutions USA, Inc. in the estimated amount of $1,325,000, Polydyne, Inc. in the estimated amount of $4,709,000, Chameleon Industries, Inc. in the estimated amount of $3,385,600, and Carbon Activated Corporation in the estimated amount of $1,081,250, lowest responsible bidders of ten - Total estimated amount of $10,500,850 - Financing: Dallas Water Utilities Fund
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BACKGROUND
This action does not encumber funds; the purpose of a master agreement is to establish firm pricing for goods, for a specific term, which are ordered on an as needed basis according to annual budgetary appropriations. The estimated amount is intended as guidance rather than a cap on spending under the agreement, so that actual need combined with the amount budgeted will determine the amount spent under this agreement.
This master agreement will provide for the purchase of NSF/ANSI certified drinking water treatment chemicals used in the disinfection, coagulation, and filtration processes used to achieve regulatory compliance as required by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
This agreement provides for the purchase of polymer for coagulation, anthracite for filtration, and hydrofluosilicic acid (fluoride) as required by Resolution No. 65-4383, approved on August 9, 1965 to fluoridate drinking water at all three purification plants.
Liquid cationic polymer (LCP) has been used by the Water Utilities Department (DWU) for decades as a coagulant to aid in the chemical treatment process, removing...
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