Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approval to Participate in the New Smyrna Beach Utilities ITB# 27-24 for the Supply of Water and Wastewater Chemicals
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Submitted By: Renee Hayes, Procurement Manager, Procurement Management Division (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Renee Hayes, Procurement Manager, PMD.
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc., a foreign corporation authorized to do business in the State of Florida.
3. Purpose: To provide Pebble Quicklime for the City’s lime softening water treatment process.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: The initial term is the date of execution through 09/30/2025, with the option to renew for three (3) additional one (1)-year periods.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: Utilize the New Smyrna Beach Utilities ITB# 27-24 to provide pebble quicklime that was competitively bid to offer the best value to the City.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): The unit price per ton is $525.53. The Utility Systems Department estimates expenditures for fiscal year 2024-2025 in the amount of $460,000.00. Future expenditures will be appropriated in each years’ budget.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve, per Sec. 35.08(a)(10)(b) of the City’s Code of Ordinances, to participate in the New Smyrna Beach Utilities ITB #27-24 for Water and Wastewater Chemicals.
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve entering in New Smyrna Beach Utilities ITB #24-27 for Water and Wastewater Chemicals.
2. Move that the Council not approve and provide staff with direction.
Background: Pebble Quicklime is essential to the City’s water treatment process. Many water treatment plants throughout the state can purchase the necessary chemicals separately and have the capability to mix their own lime slurry. It is necessary to continue to purchase this pebble quicklime for continued operations for the City’s lime softening water treatment facility.
Issues/Analysis: Staff has reviewed the New Smyrna Beach Utilities ITB #27-24 and finds that it meets the needs of the City and meets the requirements of the City’s procurement ordinance.
Financial Information: Funds are appropriated in the 2024/2025 budget for Water and Sewer Operating Fund / Chemical Inventory Account (#431-3310-552300).
Special Consideration: N/A.
Location of Project: Due to Homeland Security, the location is not provided.
Attachments:
1. Contract # 20240182 - Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc.
2. Agency Award.
3. Original Invitation To Bid.
NOTE: All of the listed items in the “Attachment” section above are in the custody of the City Clerk. Any item(s) not provided in City Council packets are available upon request from the City Clerk.
Internal Reference Number: 24270-05.
Legal Sufficiency Review:
Reviewed by Alyssa Lunin, Deputy City Attorney. Approved as to Legal form and sufficiency by Richard Berrios, City Attorney.