Title
Custom Analytical Standards Contract - IFB-2122-WES-331 Request for Award (Ordinance S-48879)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into separate agreements with Absolute Standards, Inc., OGMIS Group, Inc. and Restek Corporation to provide custom analytical standards for the Water Services Department. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The aggregate value of the agreements will not exceed $225,000.
Report
Summary
The agreements will provide the Water Services Department with the ability to conduct custom analytical standards testing as required for both regulatory compliance and process control. The City requires many analytical reference standards for calibration and verification of laboratory equipment to comply with federal, state and local regulations. The Water Services Department will use the products included in these contracts to perform hundreds of tests each day to ensure that water treatment process control objectives are accomplished.
Procurement Information
The recommendations were made using an Invitation for Bid procurement process in accordance with City of Phoenix Administrative Regulation 3.10.
Seven vendors submitted bids and are listed below and all bids except four were found to responsive and responsible. Following an evaluation based on price, the procurement officer recommends award to the following vendors:
Selected Bidders
Absolute Standards, Inc. $18,300
Restek Corporation $39,222
OGMIS Group Inc. $39,515
Additional Bidders
AccuStandard, Inc.
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Chem Service, Inc.
Phenova, Inc.
Contract Term
The contracts will begin on or about Aug. 1, 2022, for a five-year term.
Financial Impact
The aggregate agreements value will not exceed $225,000.
Funding is available in the Water Services Department Operating Budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.