Title
BID REVIEW - 2017 WATER TREATMENT CHEMICAL PURCHASES
COUNCIL INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Continue effective financial management
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: N/A
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Each year, the cities of Longview and Kelso combine their quantities of water treatment chemical purchases to obtain more favorable prices. Bids were received from seven (7) chemical suppliers, with staff’s award recommendations as follows for the chemicals Longview uses:
Bid Item #2 Flourosilicic Acid - Cascade Columbia
$3.18 / gallon
Bid Item #3 Sodium Hydroxide - Northstar Chemical
$0.7088 / gallon
Bid Item #4 Sodium Hypochlorite - HASA
$0.725 / gallon
(Note: Bid Item #1 shown on the bid tabulation sheet is used by the City of Kelso only.)
The bids submitted by the low bidders noted above are regular and responsive. The total estimated chemical cost for Longview in 2017 is $102,675, approximately $9,060 higher than projected 2016 chemical costs.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
Funds for purchasing these chemicals are budgeted in the Filter Plant Operations Fund for 2017.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Motion to award chemical purchase bids to the bidders identified in the agenda summary.
STAFF CONTACT:
John Axford, Engineer