Agenda Item: 8(a)
Prepared By: Jeffrey E. Poteet
Business: Consent Agenda
Department: Water and Sewer
Subject:
Title
Authorize the City Manager to Issue a Purchase Order to the Most Responsible Bidder, Pall Water (Danaher Corporation) for the North Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) Membrane Filtration Module Purchase in the Amount of $335,000.00, as per ITB #2020-028
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BACKGROUND:
Every year, the Water and Sewer (W&S) Department budgets to replace water treatment membranes as part of the W&S Capital Improvement Program (CIP). At the June 2020 CIP workshop, W&S staff requested the needed funding to replace membranes, which was subsequently approved by City Council in the FY21 W&S Department budget.
Membrane treatment filters become fouled over time resulting in a reduction of permeability, comparable to oil or air filters in cars or water filters in refrigerators, eventually rendering them ineffective. The North Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) microfiltration (MF) membranes have reached the end of their service life. The existing membranes installed in 2013, have a life expectancy of 5-8 years. In recent months, fouling has increased resulting in treatment plant shutdowns and increased demand placed on the South Water Treatment Plant.
The City publicly bid the purchase of 216 MF membrane modules. The bid was posted on 8/24/2020; bids were due on 9/24/2020; 1,075 suppliers were notified of this bid; 18 looked at the documents, and three submitted bids. The following three bids were received:
Bidder
Amount
Scinor Water America, LLC
$ 235,950.00
Toray Membrane US
$ 297,456.40
Pall Water
$ 381,831.43
City staff evaluated the bids and determined that the submittals from Scinor and Toray did not meet the requirements of the bid. The bid included requirements for previous successful installations, years of service, and membrane potting methods. More specifically, bidders were required to demonstrate that the membranes proposed ...
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