NIGP 17551: Ion Exchange Materials: Liquids, Resins, etc.

NIGP 17551 Ion Exchange Materials: Liquids, Resins, Etc., an Item code, encompasses laboratory testing services for municipal water, wastewater, and groundwater compliance monitoring. State and local governments procure these services primarily through environmental and utilities departments to meet regulatory requirements under the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The work involves comprehensive analytical testing across water treatment facilities, wastewater treatment plants, groundwater monitoring wells, and industrial pretreatment programs, with vendors required to furnish all labor, materials, equipment, and supplies necessary to perform analyses at required detection limits using agency-approved methods. Issuing bodies include municipalities and cities managing water and environmental infrastructure, with no identified set-asides or vendor-type restrictions on competition.

The City of Palm Bay, Florida issued Invitation to Bid 19-ITB-26 in April 2026 for laboratory testing services supporting three wastewater treatment facilities, two water treatment facilities, groundwater monitoring, and industrial pretreatment oversight, with a response deadline of March 17, 2026. The bid encompassed 188 line items across water testing (65 items), wastewater testing (75 items), industrial pretreatment testing (8 items), and courier and sampling services (3 items), with estimated annual quantities ranging from single analyses to 15,000 tests depending on service type. Unit prices ranged from $0 for calculated field measurements to $425 for specialized analyses such as Cryptosporidium and Giardia, with water testing from $5 to $220 per analysis and wastewater testing from $5 to $320 per analysis. Three bids were received: Advanced Environmental Laboratories, Inc. at $80,872.00, Flowers Chemical Laboratories, Inc. at $91,775.40, and Pace Analytical Services, LLC at $107,946.10. The initial contract term runs twelve months with four optional twelve-month renewal periods for a sixty-month maximum, and the City's historical spending for these services totaled $66,360 in 2024 and $95,440 in 2025.