HomeMy WebLinkAbout033616 RES - 04/08/2025Resolution authorizing a one-year supply agreement with two
additional one-year option periods, with Chemtrade Chemicals US,
LLC, of Parsippany, New Jersey, for the purchase of liquid ammonium
sulfate for Corpus Christi Water in an amount of $620,532.00, with a
potential amount of $2,412,846.00 if options are exercised, with FY
2025 funding of $258,555.00 from the Water Fund.
WHEREAS, liquid ammonium sulfate is a chemical used to form a combined
chlorine disinfectant for our water system;
WHEREAS, State law generally requires that procurements are subject to
statutory requirements, including competitive bids, unless an exception applies;
WHEREAS, there is a statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a)(2), as this purchase is necessary to preserve or
protect the public health or safety of the City's residents;
WHEREAS, liquid ammonium sulfate delivered by tons is a chemical used to form
a combined chlorine disinfectant for our water system and is volatile in the current market;
and
WHEREAS, given the necessity to receive this chemical used to form a combined
chlorine disinfectant for our water system, the City believes that it is in the best interest of
the City's residents to enter into an agreement with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC, that
allows for some flexibility in pricing up to a set maximum annual amount so as to avoid
any interruption in the City's supply of liquid ammonium sulfate which is necessary to
preserve the public health or safety of the City's residents.
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents
and purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute all documents
necessary for a one-year supply agreement, with two additional one-year option, for the
purchase of liquid ammonium sulfate, in an amount of $620,532.00, with a potential
amount of $2,412,846.00 if all options are exercised, with Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC,
of Parsippany, New Jersey.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the y day of P\O\ , 2025:
Paulette Guajardo
Mayor City Secretary
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Rebecca Huerta
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033616
SCANNED
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: April 8, 2025 Legistar Number: 25-0301
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing a one-year supply agreement with two additional one-year option periods, with
Chemtrade Chemicals US, LLC, of Parsippany, New Jersey, for the purchase of liquid ammonium
sulfate for Corpus Christi Water in an amount of $620,532.00, with a potential amount of $2,412,846.00
if options are exercised, with FY 2025 funding of $258,555.00 from the Water Fund.
Amount Required: $258,555.00
Fund Name
Accounting
Unit
Account
No.
Activity No.
Amount
Water
$258,555.00
Total
$258,555.00
o Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: L (— I L/ - c S