Broward County Commission Regular Meeting
Director's Name: Stephen Farmer (Acting Director)
Department: Finance and Administrative Services Division: Purchasing
Information
Requested Action
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MOTION TO AWARD multiple open-end contracts to (primary vendor) Allied Universal Corp., and (secondary vendor) Odyssey Manufacturing Co., for Sodium Hypochlorite, utilizing Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Cooperative Contract No. 519-2, for the Water and Wastewater Services, in the initial two-year estimated amount of $8,311,296, and authorize the Director of Purchasing to renew the contracts for two one-year periods, for a four-year estimated amount of $16,622,592.
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Why Action is Necessary
In accordance with Broward County Procurement Code Section 21.47, Award and Execution Authority, Board approval is required for awards with a value of more than $500,000, inclusive of the value of any renewals or extensions provided for in the contract.
In accordance with Broward County Procurement Code Section 21.28, Cooperative Purchasing, the Purchasing Division may participate in or utilize a cooperative solicitation administered by another governmental agency when the Director of Purchasing determines that such solicitation was conducted in accordance with generally accepted standards of public procurement.
What Action Accomplishes
Provides sodium hypochlorite for use in the treatment and disinfection of potable water.
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Previous Action Taken
None.
Summary Explanation/Background
THE PURCHASING DIVISION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT/WATER AND WASTEWATER SERVICES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTION.
The Office of Economic and Small Business Development (OESBD) determined that no County Business Enterprise (CBE) participation goal should apply to this solicitation based on OESBD review of the products and services and availability of CBE firms (Exhibit 1).
Water and Wastewater Services (WWS) requests to utilize the Southeast Florida Governmental Purchasing Co-operative (Co-op) Contract No. 519-2, for the purchase of Sodium Hypochlorite delivered in both full and partial tanker loads. The Cooperative has been established between various Southeast Florida cities, counties, and governmental entities to provide competitively established, cooperative procurement contracts, where the quantities for the same needed items are cooperatively combined to achieve better economies of scale through higher volume discounted pricing. Broward County is a member of this cooperative and participated in the solicitation process. On July 18, 2025, WWS submitted a survey to the lead agency, the City of Fort Lauderdale, to participate in the Co-op bid (Exhibit 3).
The Co-op bid for Sodium Hypochlorite, Solicitation No. 519-2, was advertised as a competitive solicitation on August 13, 2025. A Cooperative Purchase Addendum was included in the solicitation, at the request of the Broward County Attorney’s Office (Exhibit 4).
The solicitation opened on August 29, 2025, and two responses were received (Exhibit 5). Following review of the bids, the City of Fort Lauderdale recommends award to Allied Universal Corp. as the primary vendor and Odyssey Manufacturing Co. as the secondary vendor, for a two-year initial term and two one-year renewal options. The secondary vendor will be issued purchase orders when the primary vendor is unable to perform or when the County determines its maximum service capacity has been reached, and additional service capacity is needed.
The City of Fort Lauderdale approved the award on October 23, 2025 (Agenda Item No. 25-0940) (Exhibit 6).
Water and Wastewater Services has reviewed the bids submitted by Allied Universal Corp. and by Odyssey Manufacturing Co. and concurs with the recommendations for award (Exhibit 2).
The Purchasing Division reviewed the prices submitted by Allied Universal Corp. and by Odyssey Manufacturing Co. and has determined that the prices submitted are fair and reasonable based on price analysis (Exhibit 7).
Incumbent: Allied Universal Corp. Contract Number and Title: OPN2127224G1, Sodium Hypochlorite Co-op; Contract Term: October 4, 2023, through November 29, 2025. Expenditures to date: $6,376,067.
Each contract is the cooperative solicitation and each vendor response; the County will issue purchase orders. No additional participating addendum is required as it was included in the Co-op bid.
The initial contract term begins after the expiration of the previous contract.
Source of Additional Information
Robert E. Gleason, Director, Purchasing Division, (954) 357-6070
Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Impact/Cost Summary
The open-end contracts have a not-to-exceed amount of $16,622,592 over a potential four-year period. The funds estimated for the current fiscal year are included in the current fiscal year budget.
Requisition No. WWO0010301