Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Consent
SUBJECT:
Title
CONSIDER APPROVING A PURCHASE ORDER TO ECOLAB, INC. FOR PURCHASE OF JANITORIAL AND SANITATION SUPPLIES FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
City Council approval is requested to authorize the Purchasing Department to appropriate funds to a Blanket Purchase Order ("BPO") agreement for Ecolab, Inc. totaling $100,000, which will exceed the City Manager's expenditure authority of $25,000.
Ecolab, Inc. provides critical disinfectant chemicals such as but not limited to hospital grade multi-surface peroxide, neutral disinfectant, neutral floor cleaner, hand sanitizer, and hand soap/chemical dilution stations at parks, and other items required by City's departments. The City has a need to continue to purchase these products.
Because Ecolab, Inc.'s chemicals and supplies are not interchangeable with other vendors', and they have provided the City parks and facilities with the unique dilution stations and hand soap and sanitizer dispensers, the City Council is being asked to approve a Blanket Purchase Order with Ecolab, Inc. without bidding, under the City's sole source exception permitted under Section 2611(e) of the City's Municipal Code.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
TAKE the following actions:
1. WAIVE the bidding requirements of the Carson Municipal Code ("CMC") pursuant to Carson Municipal Code 2611(e) (sole source purchasing); and
2. AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Division to create a Purchase Order to Ecolab, Inc. for an amount not-to-exceed $100,000.
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III. ALTERNATIVES
1. TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate and consistent with the requirements of the City's Purchasing Ordinance
IV. BACKGROUND
Ecolab, Inc. has been the City of Carson's primary vendor for sanitation supplies for the Public Works custodial crew on an as-needed basis since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Public Works custodial crew oversees cle...
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