Title
Request Authorization to Contract with Pressure Equipment Sales, LLC for Graffiti Removal Solutions (Ordinance S-50184)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Pressure Equipment Sales, LLC to provide graffiti removal solutions for the Neighborhood Services Department. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Neighborhood Services Department (NSD) Graffiti Busters program is responsible for abating graffiti from a variety of surfaces throughout the City of Phoenix. Program staff employ methods and tools to achieve this goal, including the utilization of color-matched paint, power washing, and the application of specialized chemicals designed to remove graffiti from non-painted, porous surfaces such as masonry, block, brick, metal, and concrete. Elephant Snot is the preferred graffiti removal product, by NSD’s experienced Graffiti Busters team due to its quality and performance.
On June 4, 2020, the NSD invited qualified offerors to submit bids (NSD-IFB-20-006) for the Elephant Snot graffiti removal product. On June 18, 2020, bids for Elephant Snot were received from Clean Sweep Pressure Washing, Inc. and Pressure Equipment Sales, LLC. Clean Sweep Pressure Washing, Inc. was selected and entered into a contract with the city on Nov. 15, 2020. In March of 2023, Clean Sweep Pressure Washing, Inc. terminated their contract with the city.
In August, NSD received sole-source determination approval from the Finance Department to enter into a five-year contract with Pressure Equipment Sales, LLC, the only vendor in Arizona currently authorized by the manufacturer to sell the Elephant Snot product, and the second vendor to submit an offer to the competitive procurement (NSD-IFB-20-006) issued by the NSD in June of 2020.
Contract Term
The contract term will be one year, commencing on or about Sept. 1, 2023, with four one-year options to extend. The total contract cost is not to exceed $80,000.
Financial Impact
The total value of the contract will not exceed $80,000 over five years. The contract will be funded through the General Fund and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Gina Montes and the Neighborhood Services Department.