Resolution No.
STOCKTON CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION APPROVING FINDINGS AND AUTHORIZING CONTRACT AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS THROUGH THE BAY AREA CHEMICAL CONSORTIUM Various chemicals are used in the water and wastewater treatment processes to reduce hazardous conditions and/or remove specific impurities to meet drinking water quality standards and wastewater discharge permit requirements; and The City joined the Bay Area Chemical Consortium (BACC) in 2013 to benefit from bulk product pricing for the purchase of water and wastewater treatment chemicals; and The BACC is a group of public agencies from eight regions located throughout the Central Valley and Bay Area that coordinate competitive bidding for chemical contracts. There were fifty-two agencies that participated this year; and MUD staff participated in the preparation of the bid specifications and selected the specific chemicals required at the Regional Wastewater Control Facility (RWCF) and the Delta Water Treatment Plant (DWTP). The combined requests for bids from all the agencies are a cooperative purchase agreement that offers vendors an opportunity to sell larger quantities of their products, resulting in lower prices for the agencies; and The Bay Area Clean Water Agencies (BACWA), on behalf of the BACC, has coordinated all bid specification preparations and advertisements since 2020. The invitation to bid for each chemical was advertised by BACWA in the Alameda Times Star newspaper on January 23, 2025; and As the coordinating agency, BACWA received bids electronically through PlanetBids.com by February 20, 2025. Results were then released to the BACC members; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF STOCKTON, AS FOLLOWS:
The City Council makes the following findings pursuant to Stockton Municipal Code section 3.68.070 to support and justify an exception to the competitive bidding process:
The Bay Area Chemical Consortium (BACC) is a group of 52 public agencies that coordinates their chemical bids to obtain the best possible bulk bid price.
BACC conducts a competitive bid process to obtain the best possible bulk bid price.
The City of Stockton joined BACC to participate in the public bidding of chemicals necessary for the treatment of water and wastewater.
The bid specification used by BACC has been reviewed and determined to be compatible with City of Stockton standards.
Participating in the BACC cooperative purchase agreement benefits the City by reducing costs on large chemical purchases.
All four proposed contracts are cooperative purchasing agreements for the purchase of supplies or services through other governmental jurisdictions or public agencies.
The City Council authorizes the City Manager to execute the following contracts (Exhibits 1 through 4 to the Resolution) for the purchase of chemicals for water and wastewater treatment.
KAAM Group of Carlsbad, California for the purchase of Aqueous Ammonia at $1.30 per gallon. (Exhibit 1) Univar Solutions USA, LLC. of Kent, Washington for the purchase of Sodium Bisulfite at $2.845 per gallon. (Exhibit 2) Brenntag Pacific, Inc. of Santa Fe Springs, California for the purchase of Sodium Hydroxide (25%) at $888.48 per dry ton and Sodium Hydroxide (50%) at $774 per dry ton. (Exhibit 3) Univar Solutions USA, LLC. of Kent, Washington for the purchase of Sodium Hypochlorite at $3.29 per gallon. (Exhibit 4) The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to take appropriate and necessary actions to carry out the purpose and intent of this Resolution.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED May 13, 2025 .
CHRISTINA FUGAZI
Mayor of the City of Stockton
ATTEST:
KATHERINE ROLAND, CMC, CPMC
City Clerk of the City of Stockton