HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Scavenger 2000 Depollution BoatCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM :
Kenneth Robertson
Chief Procurement Officer
Terry Byrnes, CPPB
Procurement Supervisor
DATE :
SUBJECT:
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October 23, 2013
Acquisition of Services
Utilizing Scavenger 2000
Depollution Boat
I conducted an investigation to determine whether Water Management Technologies, Inc., located at
10400 NW 33 Street, Suite 200, Miami, Fl 33172, remains the sole source service provider for the
"Scavenger 2000 Depollution Boat" for the surface cleaning of canals, outfalls, and the Bay, for one
year, with the option to extend for two additional, one year periods. Funding, in an annual amount
not to exceed $200,000, is from the Public Works Operations Budget.
The Department of Public Works is seeking to establish a term contract with Water Management
Technologies, Inc. for the utilization of its "Scavenger 2000 Depollution Boat. " This vessel will
continue to reduce the contamination and pollution of all navigable canals, outfalls, and Biscayne
Bay waters, as proposed to the City. It is a surface trash collector that utilizes proprietary
technology, with a Patent No. WO 2006/026150 A2, due to its uniqueness, for a decontamination
and oxygenation process that has proven to be beneficial to all navigable waterways by deep
injection of pure oxygen. In addition, 262 outfalls will be cleaned as part of the National Pollutant
Discharge Environmental System (NPDES) Permit requirements.
The City desires to continue to utilize this unique technique to surface clean the navigable water
within the City. On September 16, 2010 and pursuant to Resolution 10-0356, the City Commission
confirmed a prior sole source finding of the Chief Procurement Officer and approved the City
Manager's recommendation for the acquisition of these sole source services. At this time, the City is
seeking to establish a new term contract for the continued provision of these unique services and
recommend that the requirements for formal competitive sealed bidding be waived, and these
findings, be approved: Water Management Technologies Inc., located at 10400 NW 33 Street, Suite
200, Miami, Fl 33172 is the sole source service provider for the continued utilization of the
Scavenger 2000 Depollution Boat, for one year, with the option to extend for two additional one
year periods, for an annual amount not to exceed $200,000. Funding will be from the Public Works
Operations Budget, Account Number 0001.208000.534000.0.0.
Based on the foregoing, it is recommended, pursuant to Section 18-92(a) (1) and (3) of the City of
Miami Procurement Code, that the determination of a sole -source purchase be rendered by the Chief
Procurement Officer and that the City Manager support said finding herein and respectfully
recommend for the City Commission to ratify both the Chief Procurement Officer and City
Manager's decision by an affirmative four -fifths vote. Both signatures below will affirm the sole
source decision by both the Chief Procurement Officer and City Manager
APPROVED BY:
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Kelineth Robertson Dat
Chief Procurement Officer/Procurement Director