Notice of Prequalification Trial for Selection of Plymer Supplier/Manufacturer

CITY OF BOZEMAN

Notice of Prequalification Trial
for Selection of

POLYMER SUPPLIER/MANUFACTURER


 
View the Notification of Interest packet here.
The City of Bozeman (City) is seeking a supplier/manufacturer(s) (“supplier”) to supply the polymer for a screw press at the Bozeman Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) for a one-year period for a fixed price per pound.  The eventual contract will provide for two one-year term extensions at a price to be negotiated and agreed by the parties.  
There will be two steps to the polymer supplier selection process. Interested suppliers must first participate in prequalification jar testing and full-scale performance tests at the WRF. Based on the results of the trials, suppliers whose polymer has met the performance criteria for this facility will then be invited to submit separate sealed bids presenting their cost to supply the polymer for the facility for the first year of the contract. This

invitation to bid will be separately advertised, but 
bids from polymer suppliers that have not undergone the prequalification and full-scale performance testing will not be accepted or reviewed.
Bench-scale laboratory jar testing will take place from 
July 6 through July 23, 2021.
Full-scale performance testing will take place from 
August 2 through August 27, 2021.
The City anticipates advertising for bids from 
prequalified suppliers in September 2021 with a projected bid opening on
September 9, 2021.
Additional information and instructions regarding prequalification testing protocol, polymer specifications, and how to submit the required 
Notification of Interest packet can be found on the City web page at 
www.bozeman.net by going to the “Doing Business” tab, selecting the “RFPs and Bids” link, and clicking on the link to this project or by contacting Tom Radcliffe, WRF Superintendent, 2245 Springhill Road, Bozeman MT 59718, 406-582-2928,
tradcliffe@bozeman.net.
 
Suppliers interested in participating in the prequalification trial must submit a Notification of Interest packet by 
July 8, 2021 to
:
Tom Radcliffe
City of Bozeman Water Reclamation Facility
2245 Springhill Rd.
Bozeman, Montana 59718
Phone: 406-582-2928
Email:
tradcliffe@bozeman.net
 
The City of Bozeman is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Discrimination in the performance of any contract awarded under this invitation on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability is prohibited. This prohibition shall apply to the hiring and treatment of the awarded entity’s employees and to all subcontracts. As such, each entity submitting under this notice shall include a provision wherein the submitting entity, or entities, affirms in writing it will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, age, marital status, national origin, or because of actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or disability and which also recognizes the eventual contract will contain a provision prohibiting discrimination as described above and that this prohibition on discrimination shall apply to the hiring and treatment of the submitting entity’s employees and to all subcontracts. In addition, pursuant to City Commission Resolution 5169, the entity awarded a contract under this project and any subcontractors must abide by the Equal Pay Act of 1963 and Section 39-3-104, MCA (the Montana Equal Pay Act), and affirm it will abide by the above and that it has visited the State of Montana Equal Pay for Equal Work “best practices” website, 
https://equalpay.mt.gov/BestPractices/Employers, or equivalent “best practices” publication and has read the material. Every entity submitting under this invitation must sign and return the required affirmation.
 
The City reserves the right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive informalities, to postpone the award of the contract for a period of not to exceed sixty (60) days, and to accept the bid which is in the best interests of the City.
 
Dated at Bozeman, Montana, this 10th day of June, 2021.
Mike Maas
City Clerk
City of Bozeman
 
Published in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
Sunday, June 13, 2021
Sunday, June 20, 2021
Sunday, June 27, 2021