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Dept/ Agency: Administration/Division of Central Purchasing
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract(s)
Purpose: To provide water treating disinfectant, hypochlorite to the City
Description: Hypochlorite, Liquid Sodium (Water Treating Disinfectant)
Entity Name(s)/Address(s): Kuehne Chemical Co., Inc., 86 North Hackensack Avenue, South Kearny, New Jersey 07032
Contract Amount: $260,000.00
Funding Source: 2018 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Account Code Line: NW037-750-7502-83230-B2018
Contract Period: To be established for a period not to exceed two (2) years, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-15
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: August 14, 2018
Number of Bids Solicited: Six (6)
Number of Bids Received: Three (3)
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WHEREAS, on August 14, 2018, the City of Newark through its Purchasing Agent, QPA, advertised to solicit bids for contractor(s) to provide Hypochlorite, Liquid Sodium (Water Treating Disinfectant), to the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, as per the bid proposal attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Central Purchasing also distributed six (6) bid proposal packages to prospective vendors following the date of advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on August 30, 2018, three (3) bids were received in response to this advertisement; and
WHEREAS, the Assistant Director of Water and Sewer Utilities recommended that an award be made to Kuehne Chemical Co., Inc., as the lowest responsive responsible bidder; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent, QPA concurred with the recommendation from the Assistant Director of Water and Sewer Utilities that an award be made to Kuehne Chemical Co., Inc., the lowest responsive, responsible bidder; and...
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