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INDIAN RIVER COUNTY <br />OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET <br />PURCHASING DIVISION <br />DATE: February 27, 2023 <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />THROUGH: Michael C. Zito, Interim County Administrator <br />Kristin Daniels, Director, Office of Management and Budget <br />FROM: Jennifer Hyde, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJECT: Award of Bid 2023024 —Annual Bid for Bulk Carbon Dioxide for Water <br />Treatment Plants <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Department of Utility Services has purchased Bulk Liquid Carbon Dioxide (COI) for the North <br />County and South County RO Plants under various piggyback contracts awarded by other Florida <br />municipalities. Purchases through the end of 2022 were made from Matheson (Matheson) Tri -Gas, <br />piggybacking a Seacoast Utility Authority bid. That contract expired on December 31, 2022, and <br />staff anticipated utilizing a Palm Beach County contract after that time. <br />On January 5, 2023, the Purchasing Division received notification from Matheson that there were <br />no longer allowing piggybacks to bids, "due to significant increases over the last year." Purchasing <br />and Utilities staff worked together to quickly issue a bid for COI on January 10, 2023. <br />BID RESULTS: <br />Advertising Date: January 10, 2023 <br />Bid Opening Date: February 7, 2023 <br />Broadcast to: 113 Subscribers <br />Bid Documents Obtained by: 5 subscribers <br />Replies: 4 vendors <br />Firm <br />Location <br />Price per Pound Annual cost for 2,128,000 pounds <br />Airgas USA <br />Tampa, FL <br />$0.265 $563,920 <br />Matheson Tri -Gas, Inc. <br />Irving, TX <br />$0.23 $489,440 <br />Linde, Inc. <br />Danbury, CT <br />No Bid — cannot deliver supply required <br />Univar Solutions <br />Kent, WA <br />No Bid — no support in our area for this product <br />The price paid under the Seacoast piggyback was $0.13 per pound, for an estimated total $276,640 <br />annual cost. That price had been effective since December 16, 2020. <br />107 <br />