HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemos - Sole Source FindingCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM :
The Honorable Mayor and
Members of the City Commission
Daniel Ifonso
Acting City Mfiager
DATE:
SUBJECT:
October 22, 2013
FILE :
Sole Source Finding for Scavenger
2000 Depollution Boat
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
approving and confirming the City Manager's finding of sole source, waiving the
requirements for competitive sealed bids pursuant to Section 18-85 (a) of the City Code,
as amended, and approving the acquisition of the unique services of the "Scavenger
2000 Depollution Boat" from Water Management Technologies, Inc., located at 406
Lawn Acres Court, Hollywood, FI 33023, for surface cleaning of the City's waterfront,
for a one (1) year contract with option to renew for two (2) additional one (1) year
periods, for a total annual amount not to exceed $200,000. Funding has been secured
in the amount of $200,000 from the Public Works Operations Budget.
BACKGROUND
The utilization of the "Scavenger 2000 Decontamination Boat" from Water Management
Technologies, Inc. will help reduce the contamination and pollution of the waters of the
Miami River, navigable canals and Biscayne Bay. This vessel is a surface trash
collector and uses a decontamination and oxygenation process that is proven to be
beneficial to all navigable waterways by deep injection of pure oxygen. In addition, 200
outfalls will be cleaned as part of the National Pollutant Discharge Environmental
System (NPDES) Permit educational requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT- BUDGETED ITEM - $200,000
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CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO:
Kenneth Robertson
Chief Procurement Officer/
Procurement Director
DATE:
SUBJECT:
October 22, 2013
FILE :
Scavenger 2000 Depollution Boat, Sole
Source Finding
FROM : Nzeribe Ihekwaba, Ph.D., P.E., Director REFERENCES
Public Works Department
ENCLOSURES:
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 August 20, 2007 and pursuant to Resolution 07-0348, the City Commission
confirmed a prior sole source finding by 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, F133172 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.
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 Chief Procurement Officer and City Manager
APPROVED BY: , /6/ 6i 6 6,/ -0
`,Kenneth Robe
Chief Procurem ; ,Of ic_ „Procurement Director
APPROVED BY:
Daniel A fo
Acting City Mana