Description
The City of Columbus, Division of Water Reclamation, is seeking bids for a Universal Term Contract to provide approximately 1,750,000 pounds of organic emulsion cationic polymer and 10,000 pounds of organic emulsion anionic polymer per year. The contract will be for a period of three years, starting from June 1, 2026. The bidder must provide a summary of bench scale jar testing results, select cationic polymers to undergo field performance testing, and provide unit prices for each selected polymer. The bidder must also furnish and deliver one tote of each cationic polymer included in the bid to each WWTP.
• The bidder must have experience in providing the chemical(s) as detailed in the specifications.
• The bidder must provide documented proven successful contracts from at least four customers that are similar in scope, quantity, complexity, and cost to the requirements of this specification.
• The bidder must provide safety training sessions.
• The bidder must be authorized dealers or distributors.
• The contract will be awarded based on the normalized unit cost of polymer, which will be calculated using the baseline dewatering performance and the unit cost of neat polymer provided in the bids.