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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 Food Grade Granular Salt for Water Purification
Description: Water Purification Chemical-Food Grade Granular Salt 
Entity Name(s)/Address(s):  Essex Food Ingredients, Inc., 1600 Lower Road, Linden, New Jersey 07036
Contract Amount: Amount not to exceed $150,000.00
Funding Source:  2017 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, Division of Central Purchasing/NW037-750-7502-8323-B2017
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:  
1st Advertisement Date February 14, 2017
Bids Solicited: Nine (9)
Bids Received: Zero (0)
2nd Advertisement Date April 4, 2017
Bids Solicited: Twelve (12)
Bids Received: Four (4)
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WHEREAS, on February 14, 2017, the City of Newark through its Supervising Procurement Specialist, QPA, advertised to solicit bids for contractor(s) to provide Water Purification Chemical-Food Grade Granular Salt, to the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, as per the bid proposal attached hereto; and 
WHEREAS, 	the Division of Central Purchasing also distributed nine (9) bid proposal packages to prospective vendors following the date of advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on March 2, 2017, the Division of Central Purchasing received no bids in response to this advertisement; and
WHEREAS, on April 4, 2017, the City of Newark through its Supervising Procurement Specialist, QPA, re-advertised to solicit bids for contractor(s) to provide Water Purification Chemical-Food Grade Granular Salt, to the Department of Water and Sewer Utilities, as per the bid proposal attached hereto; and
WHEREAS,...
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