Supply Liquid Sodium Hypochlorite for treatment needs over the coming year. Sealed bids are invited and may be delivered to the Utility Drop Box on the south side of 7th Street, north of City Hall, dropped off at the East door of City Hall or forwarded by mail or other courier services addressed to the Board of Public Works Office 120 East 8th Street, Anderson, Indiana 46016 5th Floor. LIQUID SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE The successful must be able to supply ninety thousand (90,000) gallons more or less of liquid SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, as needed to be delivered in four thousand (4,000) gallon tanker loads it the Anderson, Indiana Wastewater Treatment Plant. Each delivery is to be a minimum of two thousand (2,000) gallons per shipment. 1. Minimum strength of Sodium Hypochlorite will be 12.5 percent. 2. Deliveries will be between 7:00 AM to 3:00 PM Monday through Friday. 3. Delivery date will be not more than three (3) working days from the receipt of an order, or supplier must pay $500.00 in liquidated damages for each day that an order delivery is late. 4. Quote price FOB to the Anderson plant. 5. Deliveries are to be made by pressurized tanker or have the ability to pump the chemical to facilitate unloading at the treatment facility. 6. All tankers will be equipped with a 3" female connection for unloading to a 3" polypropylene fill station with a male connection. 7. Must meet AWWA Standard B300. The supplier must be located within one hundred fifty, (150), miles of the Water Pollution Control Facility, and be able to be at the facility within eight, (8), hours to respond to any emergency. The supplier must provide, at no additional cost, a training session for handling Sodium Hypochlorite. These sessions will be scheduled on a mutually agreeable date no later than June 15, 2022, and scheduling must be completed before the successful bidder makes any deliveries. These training sessions must be approved for wastewater continuing education requirements by IDEM. These sessions will be scheduled on a mutually agreeable date no later than June 15, 2022, and scheduling must be completed before the successful bidder makes any deliveries. These training sessions must be approved for wastewater continuing education requirements by IDEM. Bidder's packets, including specifications, are available from the office of the Superintendent of the Water Pollution Control Utility, located at 2801 Gene Gustin Way, Anderson, Indiana 46011 between 8 AM and 3 PM Monday through Friday. All bids shall be submitted in sealed envelope and identified on the outside by the name of the bidder and identified "Bid for Water Pollution Control Disinfection Chemicals". Any bid received after the designated time will be returned unopened. Bids may be withdrawn prior to the time of opening, but no bid maybe withdrawn for 60 days after the opening. The City reserves the right to reject a bidder based upon past performances. The criteria by which the bids will be evaluated include: Price, (based upon the departments projected usage of chemical as set forth above), suitability for the intended purposes, deliver terms, bidders past performance, quality, testing and/or inspection. The proposal shall consist of the following properly and completely executed documents: 1. Each bid proposal shall include a properly executed non-collusion affidavit as required by the statutes of Indiana. 2. Bids must be submitted on forms supplied by the City in the bidder's packet. Applicable forms supplied must be completed. 3. Bid security: a bidder shall file a certified check or bid bond with each bid, in the amount of $5,000.00. A successful; bidder must supply documentation of financial responsibility upon request before a contract will be awarded. Failure of a bidder to enter into a contract within ten, (10), days of acceptance by the City shall be cause for forfeiture of certified check or bid bond for liquidated damages to the City. Contracts let, will be for an unspecified quantity at a fixed price per unit. Bids may be rejected if the City no longer needs the items, if the materials proposed are not suitable to the City's needs, if the bidder is not reliable or responsive, or if it is otherwise not in the Cities best interest to accept the bid. The Board of Public Works reserves the right to waive informalities, and to reject any and all bid
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