HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Request for Sole Source FindingCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Annie Perez
Director of Purchasing
uardo Santamaria, P.E., Director
blic Works Department
DATE: August 31, 2016 FILE:
SUBJECT: Scavenger 2000 Depollution Boat,
Sole Source Finding
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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. US 7,517,459 B2 & US 7,947,172 B2, 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 $250,000. 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 the Chief. Procurement Officer and City Manager
APPROVED BY
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Annie Perez
Procurement Director
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