REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Award of Five (5) On-Call Service Agreements for the Purchase of Wastewater Treatment Enhancer Chemicals for the Water Pollution Control Plant (F24-010)
Report
REPORT IN BRIEF
Approval is requested to award five (5) on-call service agreements for the purchase of wastewater treatment enhancer chemicals for the Water Pollution Control Plant for an initial three-year period and authorize the issuance of Service Agreements to Jenfitch, Inc. (Jenfitch), Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC (Chemtrade), Veolia WTS USA, Inc. (Veolia), SNF Polydyne, Inc. (Polydyne), and Thatcher Company of California, Inc. (Thatcher), with each contract having a not-to-exceed amount of $500,000. Approval is also requested to authorize the City Manager to increase any individual contract amount as long as the total expenditures remain within budget and to authorize the City Manager to renew each contract for up to three (3) additional years, subject to available budgeted funding, need, and acceptable pricing and service.
EXISTING POLICY
Pursuant to Section 2.08.040 of the Sunnyvale Municipal Code (SMC), City Council approval is required for contracts exceeding $250,000.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
The action being considered does not constitute a "project" within the meaning of the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15378(b) as it has no potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment or a reasonably seeable indirect physical change in the environment, and instead consists of continuing maintenance activities, such as purchase for supplies.
BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION
The nature of the oxidation pond effluent has changed dramatically over the last several years. The new dominant single cell algae species are extremely difficult to remove in the downstream treatment processes. Due to these ongoing issues, chemical use at the City's Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) has increased to nearly tw...
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