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VE <br />CONSENT AGENDA <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: October 24, 2022 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: Jason E. Brown, County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director, Office of Management and Budget <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: Authorization to Piggyback Modified Town of Jupiter Bid for Antiscalant <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Indian River County Department of Utilities Services (IRCDUS) operates two Water <br />Treatment Plants that utilize the Nanofiltration (NF) process to remove contaminants. One of <br />the products necessary in the process is antiscalant, which is added to feed water to prevent <br />the formation of inorganic scale on the membranes used to treat the water. <br />Since January of 2017, IRCDUS has piggybacked pricing and terms of bids solicited and awarded <br />by the Town of Jupiter Town Council to purchase A-111 Plus antiscalant. The current bid was <br />awarded by the Town Council on October 6, 2020 for a three-year term at a rate of $0.79 per <br />pound. <br />On March 1, 2022, the Board authorized staff to continue piggybacking the Town of Jupiter <br />contract, after an increase in the price to $0.82 per pound was approved by the Town's Utilities <br />Facilities Manager. Another increase, to $0.984 per pound, has now been approved in the same <br />manner. This increase was not directly approved by the Town Council, therefore, IRCDUS is <br />requesting the Board's authorization to accept the price modification to the agreement and <br />continue piggybacking. <br />The change order also implemented a quarterly escalation/de-escalation clause, based on the <br />U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index. Additional modifications to the pricing will <br />be effective at the beginning of February, May and August of 2023. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The North and South NF Water Treatment Plants (WTPs) place independent orders for <br />antiscalant, as needed. The estimated annual cost for the current fiscal year was $52,480, at the <br />$0.82 per pound price. The increase will result in a new estimated annual cost of $62,976, <br />equating to an estimated increase of $10,496, or 20%. <br />36 <br />