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Commission approves 12-month chemical supply contracts and awards road materials despite single-bid concerns
Summary
The city approved awards for a 12-month supply of water/wastewater chemicals and for road materials and concrete. Staff said chemicals bidding selected lowest bidders per item; the roadway materials award drew concern from commissioners because only one bid was received and the total procurement approaches roughly $1 million.
San Benito commissioners approved awards for a 12-month supply of chemicals for the water and wastewater plants and approved contracts for road materials, including hot mix and concrete.
Staff explained the chemicals solicitation allowed vendors to bid only on the items they supply; therefore multiple vendors were selected for different chemicals based on the lowest bid per item. The water utility manager said chemicals are a significant budget item and that use increased as the city has been operating both conventional and membrane filtration plants; staff said diminished raw water quality increased chemical usage.
On road materials and concrete procurement, staff recommended an award to the sole responsive bidder. Commissioners expressed concern about awarding roughly $1 million in materials on a single bid and asked whether staff had compared last year’s bid tabulation to current pricing. Staff said the recommended vendor had performed reliably and that some suppliers decline to bid because of delivery constraints.
The commission voted to approve the chemicals awards and to award the road materials contract as presented. One commissioner recorded a dissenting “nay for the record” during the road-materials vote; the transcript records discussion and final approval but does not provide a full roll-call tally for the road-materials item beyond the single recorded nay.
