Title
Charlotte Water Organics Laboratory Instrumentation
Action
Action:
Approve a contract in the amount of $650,000 to the lowest responsive bidder Agilent Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of three instruments for the analysis of organics.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Angela Lee, Charlotte Water
David Czerr, Charlotte Water
Explanation
§ This contract is for the purchase of three instruments, service, and consumables for Charlotte Water’s Laboratory Organics Section to replace equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.
§ Charlotte Water conducts extensive, ongoing laboratory environmental testing to meet public health and water quality needs.
§ These new instruments, along with recent advances in analytical technology and Environmental Protection Agency methods, will allow for the detection of an increased number of compounds at lower detection limits.
§ Charlotte Water will use two of these instruments to test for volatile organic compounds and the third instrument to test for pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls.
§ On December 3, 2018, the City issued an Invitation to Bid; one bid was received.
§ Agilent Technologies, Inc. was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
Charlotte Business INClusion
No subcontracting goal was established because there are no opportunities (Part C: Section 2.1(a) of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Charlotte Water Capital Equipment Fund and Charlotte Water Operating Budget