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Dept/ Agency: Water and Sewer Utilities
Action: ( ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Bid Contract
Purpose: To provide supply and delivery of Water Purification Chemicals for PWTP-Contract # 17R-WS2018 (Re-bid).
Entity Name: Shannon Chemical Corporation
Entity Address: 602 Jeffers Circle, Suite 116, Exton, Pennsylvania 19341
Contract Amount: Not to exceed $500,000.00
Funding Source: 2019 Budget/Department of Water and Sewer Utilities
Contract Period: Two (2) years from the date of the Notice to Proceed
Contract Basis: (X) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
(X) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
Additional Information:
Bids Solicited: Four (4)
Bids Received: Three (3)
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark is in need of suppliers to provide bulk water purification chemicals necessary to treat the water at the Pequannock Water Treatment Plant for the operation of the City of Newark's water utility system; and
WHEREAS, on September 21, 2018, the City of Newark, Department of Water and Sewer Utilities ("Department") advertised for the for Supply and Delivery of Water Purification Chemicals for the City's Pequannock Water Treatment Plant and we received only one bid on the seven chemicals advertised; and
WHEREAS, on November 29, 2018, the Department, re-advertised for bids, no bids were received, so the Department decided to change the specifications; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the public bidding process of Local Public Contracts Law, N.J.S.A. 40A:11-1 et seq., the Department advertised on December 7, 2018, in a general circulation newspaper, for the receipt of sealed bids for the Supply and Delivery of Water Purification Chemicals for the City's Pequannock Water Treatment Plant; and
WHEREAS, on December 28, 2018, the Department received sealed bids from three (3) vendors for th...
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