TO: Honorable Mayor & Members of the North Port Commission
FROM: A. Jerome Fletcher II, ICMA-CM, MPA, City Manager
TITLE: Approve the Sole Source Purchase from Parkson Corporation of Two (2) Replacement Bar Screens and a Helixpress Auger Replacement for the Headworks at the Pan American Wastewater Treatment Plant for a Total of $538,622.00.
Recommended Action
Approve the sole source purchase from Parkson Corporation of two (2) replacement bar screens and a Helixpress auger replacement for the headworks at the Pan American Wastewater Treatment Plant for a total of $538,622.00.
Background Information
As part of the second phase of a Multi-Year Rehabilitation and Improvement Project for the Pan American Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP), the Department of Utilities budgeted to replace two of the four-bar screens and a Helicon Auger replacement at the WWTP's headworks. The headworks are the point of entry for all influent wastewater that enters the plant from the collection system. They provide the initial steps in the treatment process by removing troublesome and recognizable solids, so they do not cause harm or damage to downstream equipment and processes. The four-bar screens provide this initial and critical step before wastewater moves into the biological process of the WWTP.
Parkson Corporation is the manufacturer of all four bar screens currently in place at the headworks of the WWTP. Replacing two (2) of the four (4) with like-kind original equipment manufacturer replacement parts allows the Department of Utilities to ensure compatibility with the existing equipment and to avoid engineering, programming, and fabrication costs that would be incurred if an alternative brand is used. Replacement bar screens, Helixpress shaftless spiral compactor, as well as installation and warranty services for this equipment, are only available through the manufacturer. Therefore, the Department of Utilities is seeking City Commission approval for the sole source purcha...
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