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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Polymer from Polydyne Inc. for the Wastewater Treatment Plant, Bid No. ITB-4178 ($260,000.00)
Memorandum
Your approval is requested to authorize the purchase of polymer from Polydyne Inc. for the City’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) at an estimated cost of $260,000.00 for FY12.
The WWTP, through the Residuals Handling Project, has installed two gravity belt thickeners and three dewatering centrifuges to improve the plant’s ability to thicken and dewater biosolids for land application or land filling. Biosolids must be conditioned with polymers to ensure functionality and optimal performance of the centrifuges and gravity belt thickeners, thereby lowering the total expense of biosolids removal.
Plant staff worked with several vendors to test various polymers to ascertain characteristics best suited to the WWTP’s biosolids thickening and dewatering equipment. After testing and determining performance requirements, staff advertised for two specific polymers under invitation to bid, ITB-4178: SNF Polydyne, Clarifloc CE-1540 polymer and BASF Corp., Zetag 8846FS (US) polymer. Either of the two polymers could be used in both the gravity belt thickeners and the dewatering centrifuges.
The following suppliers submitted bids in response to ITB-4178:
Polydyne Inc.
· SNF Polydyne, Clarifloc CE-1540 …… $1.15/lb., delivered
· BASF Corp., Zetag 8846FS (US) ……… No Bid
BASF Corp.
· SNF Polydyne, Clarifloc CE-1540 …… No Bid
· BASF Corp., Zetag 8846FS (US) ………$1.27/lb., delivered
Polar Environmental Service
· SNF Polydyne, Clarifloc CE-1540 ……. $1.18/lb., delivered
· BASF Corp., Zetag 8846FS (US) ………$1.36/lb., delivered
Staff reviewed the bids, compared them to ITB-4178 specifications and recommends that Polydyne Inc. be approved as the lowest responsible bidder to supply polymer at the WWTP for FY12.
Additionally, it is recommended that the agreement be extended for up to three on...
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