Placement: Consent Agenda
Action Requested: Motion / Vote
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Approve Sole Source Contract #20260045 for the Supply of Residential & Commercial Grinder Pump Systems, Parts and Repairs with Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc.
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Submitted By: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).
Strategic Plan Link: The City's Goal of high-quality infrastructure and facilities.
Summary Brief (Agreements/Contracts only)
1. Prepared by: Robyn Holder, CPPB (PMD).
2. Parties: City of Port St. Lucie and Xylem Water Solutions USA, Inc.
3. Purpose: Provide a sole source continuing service contract for the repair, rebuilding and purchasing of new submersible pumps used to transport sanitary sewage from lift stations to the wastewater plants.
4. New/Renewal/Modified: New.
5. Duration: 1-year with automatic renewals each year until canceled or amended.
6. Benefits to Port St. Lucie: Provide continuous supply of residential and commercial grinder pump systems for wastewater collection services.
7. Cost to Port St. Lucie (Annual and Potential): Estimated annual expenditures are between $700,000.00 to $1,000,000.00. Future expenditures will be approved in each year's budget.
Presentation Information: N/A.
Staff Recommendation: Move that the Council approve the Sole Source supply, per City Code of Ordinances, Section 35.08(a)(25)(a)(1) & (6) (where the compatibility of equipment, accessories, or replacement parts is of paramount consideration; there are no commercially available substitutes for these components and/or replacement parts, which can only be purchased from the manufacturer or the distributor).
Alternate Recommendations:
1. Move that the Council amend the recommendation and approve the Sole Source Contract #20260045 for the supply of residential & commercial grinder pump systems.
2. Move that the Council not approve the Sole Source Contract #20260045 and provide staff with direction.
Background: While under contract with E.K. Phelps in 1995, the Utility Systems Department ("US...
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