Title
Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract(s)
Purpose: To provide sodium chloride (rock salt) in bulk quantities for the purpose of snow and ice control.
Description: Road Maintenance Salt, Bulk
Entity Name(s)/Address(s):
1. Atlantic Salt Inc., 134 Middle Street, Suite 210, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
2. Chemical Equipment Labs of DE Inc., 3920A Providence Road, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
Contract Amount: $2,636,000.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Department of Public Works, Division of Sanitation, NW011-060-0605-83710-B2019/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, NW037-750-7502-83710-B2019
Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed two (2) years
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
Additional Information:
Advertisement Date: January 29, 2019
Bids Solicited: Ten (10)
Bids Received: Four (4)
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WHEREAS, on January 29, 2019, the City of Newark, through its Purchasing Agent, QPA, advertised to solicit bids for contractors to provide sodium chloride (rock salt) in bulk quantities for the purpose of snow and ice control for the Department of Public Works and the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Central Purchasing also distributed ten (10) bid proposal packages to the prospective vendors following the date of advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on February 14, 2019, four (4) bids were received in response to this advertisement; and
WHEREAS, the Director for the Department of Public Works and the Acting Director for the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities recommended that a dual award be made to (1) Atlantic Salt Inc. and (2) Chemical Equipment Labs of DE...
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