Title
Water Testing and Monitoring Products - Amendment (Ordinance S-47751)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an amendment to Agreement 145672 with Hach Company to provide additional funding to the agreement. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. The additional expenditures for water testing and monitoring products included in this amendment will not exceed $800,000.
Report
Summary
The purpose of this amendment is to add funds to the remaining year of the agreement with Hach Company. This agreement provides the Water Services Department with water testing and monitoring products required to perform a multitude of analytical water tests to verify the quality control of drinking water and wastewater for the City. The additional funding is needed to address annual cost increases and to purchase the additional inventory items necessary to continue performing the required testing and maintain compliance with federal, state and local regulations.
Contract Term
The agreement's term will remain unchanged, ending on June 30, 2022.
Financial Impact
The initial authorization for this agreement was for an expenditure not-to-exceed $1,849,980. The first amendment increased the authorization for the agreement by $286,756. This amendment will increase the authorization for the agreement by an additional $800,000, for a new total not-to-exceed agreement value of $2,936,736.
Funding is available in the Water Services Department operating budget.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council approved:
- Hach Equipment Supplies and Products for Water Testing and Monitoring Agreement 145672 (Ordinance S-43688) on June 21, 2017; and
- Hach Equipment Supplies and Products for Water Testing and Monitoring Agreement 145672 - Amendment (Ordinance S-45816) on June 19, 2019.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Water Services Department.