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Indian River County, Florida <br />Department of Utility Services <br />Board Memorandum <br />Date: December 22, 2020 <br />To: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />From: Vincent Burke, PE, Director of Utility Services <br />Through: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />Prepared By: Terry Southard, Operations Manager, Utility Services <br />Rich Meckes, Wastewater Superintendent <br />Subject: Sole Source for Aqua Aerobic Systems Inc. <br />Background/Analysis: <br />In 1999, the Indian River County Department of Utility Services (IRCDUS) installed and started <br />operations of the Aqua Aerobic Systems Equipment Traveling Bridge Filters #1. and #2 located at the <br />South Regional Wastewater Facility. The filters are designed to polish the treated effluent from the <br />clarifiers and produce a cleaner effluent for further treatment and eventual discharge to the reuse <br />system. This vital process equipment is required to ensure that the facility is in compliance with the <br />Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) treatment requirements as well as the health <br />and safety of our environment. <br />Over the last 21+ years, the equipment received routine maintenance, but the equipment is now in <br />need of refurbishment. The refurbishment will consist of internal porous plates, underwater <br />components, launders, filter media, backwash shoes, wash water backwash, skimmer pumps and a new <br />drive train on the existing bridges. This work has a one-year warranty period from the date of <br />completion and will extend the useful life of these units. <br />Aqua Aerobic Systems Inc. is the sole source factory authorized maintainer/installer for service and <br />repair for Aqua Aerobic Systems Equipment Traveling Bridge Filters #1 and #2. Aqua Aerobic Systems <br />has provided Service Proposal #159824 for a cost of $453,776.00. <br />On December 1, 2020, Envirosales of Florida was approved by the Indian River County Board of County <br />Commissioners (BCC) as the exclusive sole source representative for Aqua Aerobic parts and equipment. <br />Envirosales is not the: sole source for service maintenance or installation of Aqua Aerobic Systems <br />equipment, thus this agenda seeks BCC approval for the installation services. <br />The project as described above is the complete and total rehabilitation of the Aqua Automatic <br />Backwash Filter (AquaABF) system. Aqua Aerobic Systems Inc. is the sole source original equipment <br />manufacturer and authorized maintainer/installer of the AquaABF equipment. <br />206 <br />