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el kyj 61 M L1 to] all I I 1111111 114.9 <br />TO: Members of the Board of Public Works <br />Eric Horvath, Director of Public Works <br />Clara McDaniels, Board of Public Works Attorney <br />FROM: Al Greek, Director of Utilities <br />Jacob M. Klo,sinski, Assistant City Engineer <br />SUBJECT: Agenda Request Form — Reject Bids <br />Wastewater / Water Laboratory Equipment Procurement <br />Inductively Coupled Plasma — Optical Emission Spectrometer <br />The Division of Utilities is requesting the Board of Public Works reject all quotations for the <br />Wastewater / Water Laboratory Equipment procurement of an Inductively Coupled Plasma — <br />Optical Emission Spectrometer. <br />This recommendation is provided with the advisement of the Legal Department. The <br />recommendation addresses the response to a message provided by Martia Ross (lntellisource <br />Bids Response Specialist) on behalf of Max Keough, Account Manager for Agilent Technologies <br />a supplier of ICP-OES equipment. Mr. Keough challenged the specification and its <br />inclusiveness to facilitate manufacturers whose hardware varied from the specifications but <br />would be capable of achieving similar testing capabilities. <br />To provide a more inclusive specifications and to facilitate potentially more competitive <br />quotations, the Division of Utilities will revise the quotation package to accommodate a broader <br />range of equipment manufacturers for the supply of the [CP-OES equipment. <br />We recommend that the Board of Public Works take action at the April 24, 2018 Board of Public <br />Works Regular meeting to reject all quotations for this equipment quotation. <br />The funding sources for the professional services agreement is Utilities, Wastewater, Capital <br />Account (Fund 642). <br />If there are any questions regarding the subject project, please contact Al Greek (Ext. 4210) or <br />Jacob M. Klosinski (Ext. 9496) at the Division of Utilities, <br />�Zffl 2 4 ',(Jl <br />............ <br />