Subject:
Title
Sole Source Request with TSC Jacobs North, Inc. for Wastewater Treatment Plant Blower Repair Services and Replacement (countywide).
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Fiscal Impact:
The annual cost of repair and replacement countywide is estimated at $500,000. This is budgeted in the Operations and Maintenance budget.
Dept/Office:
Utility Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board approve $500,000 for the Sole Source Request for repair services and blower replacements from TSC Jacobs, the sole representative of Hoffman and Universal Blower Pac.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
Brevard County Utility Services Department (BCUSD) owns and operates six (6) wastewater treatment plants countywide. Of the six treatment plants, 5 of them utilize either the Hoffman or Universal Blower Pac blower system. Those five treatment plants are as follows: Mims, Port St John, South Central, South Beaches, and Barefoot Bay. The blower system is the equipment that provides oxygen to the biological treatment process needed to meet Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) requirements related to wastewater treatment.
Board approval for using TSC Jacobs as described above allows this Department to make repairs or replacements to any of the above-mentioned treatment plants blower equipment in a timely fashion. There is sufficient budget within the Utility Services Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Fund.
Attachment 1 - TSC Jacobs North, Inc. Sole Source Letter for Hoffman Blowers
Attachment 2 - TSC Jacobs North, Inc. Sole Source Letter for Universal Blower Pac
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
E-mail the Clerk memo to karina.perez@brevardfl.gov and mail the original to the Utility Services Department.