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The Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to secure a one-time purchase with Bell Equipment Company for Sewer Cleaning Tools for a total amount not to exceed $108,830.00 and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
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Agenda of June 20, 2018
Item No. 18-0124
Purchase Order No. 3024028
Amount: $108,830.60
Fusion Req: 451834
TO: The Honorable
Board of Water Commissioners
City of Detroit, Michigan
FROM: Gary Brown, Director
Water and Sewerage Department
RE: Proposed DWSD One-Time Purchase PO# 3024028
"(Sewer Cleaning Tools)"
MOTION
Upon recommendation of Thomas Naughton, CFO, the Board of Water Commissioners for the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department authorizes the Director to secure a one-time purchase with Bell Equipment Company for Sewer Cleaning Tools for a total amount not to exceed $108,830.00 and also authorizes the Director to take such other action as may be necessary to accomplish the intent of this vote.
BACKGROUND
The Maintenance and Repair staff of the Field Services Division is seeking the purchase of new tools to enable employees to clean sewer pipes and handle the hardest obstructions, such as roots, lime, scaling, cement wash, tuberculation, and other types of deposits and blockages using self-sharpening chains & tools such as the cutter tool, chains, pipe floor cleaner, egg devastator nozzle, penetrating nozzles, etc. This one time purchase will serve to ensure that Maintenance and Repair staff can effectively and efficiently do their job.
JUSTIFICATION
This one time purchase will serve to ensure that repairs and cleaning of existing sewer pipes will be restored to efficient operational conditions for the Health and Safety of our residents.
PROCUREMENT METHOD
This was an open competitively bid one time purchase. The request for bid was advertised duri...
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