2024-ISS-180_SS_1882_Att_A.pdf

This is an Exemption Revision Form and Sole Source Form for Sarasota County Public Utilities, seeking to renew a sole source procurement with Carter & Verplanck Inc. for Flowserve and Invent Environmental Technologies pumps, parts, and controls products. The procurement covers vertical turbine pumps used throughout the county's utility infrastructure, specifically for high-head-high-flow applications that move large volumes of fluids through treatment processes, transmission and distribution systems, and filtration backwash water procedures. The contract is for a one-year period from 04/28/2024 to 04/27/2025, with an estimated expenditure of $400,000.00 per fiscal year.

Carter & Verplanck is identified as the authorized distributor for municipal and industrial markets for these specific pump brands, and the county justifies the sole source procurement by noting that many of their existing systems were originally designed with these specific products. The utility infrastructure requires these specific pumps, parts, and controls to maintain existing systems and prevent potential failures that could compromise public safety. The procurement is classified as a sole source because no other vendors can supply equivalent products, and the authorization covers expenditures in a cumulative amount not to exceed $400,000.00 per fiscal year.