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INVITATION TO BID
2026 Joint Chemical Bid
| Sealed proposals for furnishing the following to the City of Cortez, Town of Dolores, Town of Mancos, and Montezuma Water Company, will be received at the Office of the General Services Director, Cortez Service Center, 110 West Progress Circle, Cortez, Colorado 81321 until 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 19 2025. | | |
| BID ITEM: | Chemicals for use in the treatment of water, wastewater |
and swimming pools in the City, Town and District treatment plants and pools.
| | See Attached Sheets for Types and Quantities. |
| | See Attached Special Conditions. |
| | Bid Price F.O.B. Destination. |
| CODE: | 88540, 88544, 88570, 88576, 88578, 88582, 88596 | |
Proposals shall be submitted in writing and signed by the bidder or its duly authorized agent. Proposals shall be submitted in sealed envelopes, and marked on the outside with “PROPOSAL: 2026 CHEMICALS -and with the bidder’s name.
| The organizations requesting this proposal reserve the right to accept any bid, in whole or in part, and to reject any or all bids if it be deemed in the best interest of the organization to do so. The organizations reserve the right to waive any formality or any informality in the process of awarding a bid. | |
| Casey Simpson |
General Services Director
ADVERTISED:
10/ 29/2025, 11/5, 11/12/2025
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2026 JOINT CHEMICAL BID
SPECIAL CONDITIONS
| 1. | Chemicals shall comply with most current AWWA specifications. |
| 2. | MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS: Shall be submitted with the bidder’s proposal. Extra copies shall be supplied to the using organizations at the time of the first order delivery. Failure to supply the material safety data sheets with proposal may be grounds to declare the bidder nonresponsive. |
| 3. | PRICING: A minimum of thirty (30) days written notice of all price changes. Price change requests must include documentation showing cost increases to vendor since time of bid. Bid all prices F.O.B. destination. If rush delivery is requested, additional shipping costs above normal costs of shipping items can be added to the price of that order. |
| 4. | DELIVERY: Bid price shall include delivery to the individual organizations requesting this proposal. All locations are within a twenty (20) mile radius. Chlorine and Sulfur Dioxide delivery shall be scheduled twice monthly (i.e. order by 10th, receive goods by 15th, and order by 20th, receive goods by 30th). All other commodities shall be on a demand basis. Reasonable lead-time on demand items will be allowed. |
| 5. | BILLING AND PAYMENT: The vendor shall bill and collect monies directly from each organization participating in the bid, subject to each entity’s payment procedures. In no way does this offer or acceptance of bidder’s proposal obligate any of the participating organizations to purchase goods or services other than what each organization has authorized for purchases for its own use, and consumption. |
| 6. | DEMURRAGE: Demurrage concerning chemical canisters will be allowed only after sixty (60) days on a per cylinder basis. Every effort shall be taken that cylinders are not held past the sixty (60) days. DEPOSIT FEES WILL NOT BE ALLOWED. |
| 7. | PERFORMANCE: Failure to perform may result in a thirty (30) day written notice cancellation by any of the joint users. |
| 8. | AWARD: Award of this proposal is subject to approval of the governing body or board of directors of each of the participating organizations, and their respective governing policies and procedures. |
| 9. | If brand name is indicated, then brand name or equal is acceptable. If other than brand name is quoted, documentation should be included with bid showing it is equivalent. |
2026 JOINT CHEMICAL BID
| ITEM | | | | | UNIT OF ISSUE | | BID PRICE PER UNIT | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Please price as stated. For your Products | | |
| 1 | Chlorine | | | 150 Lb. Bottle | | | $ | | | | Bottle |
| Chlorine | 1 Ton Cylinder | | | | $ | | | | Cylinder | |
| 2 | Sulfur Dioxide | 150 Lb. Bottle | | | $ | | | | Bottle | | |
| 3 | Liquid Alum AL2 | Gallon | $ | | | | Gallon | | | | |
| 4 | Sodium Hypochlorite | | 55 Gallon Drum | | $ | | | | Gallon | | |
| or (10%) | | | min 3500 gal Bulk Deliv. | $ | | | | Gallon | | |
| 5 | NALCO 8102 PLUS | | Gallon | | | | $ | | | | Gallon |
| 6 | T-Floc | | | | 55 Gallon Drum | | $ | | | | Gallon |
| 7 | Potassium Permanganate | 25 Kg Bucket Powder | | $ | | | | Kilogram | | | |
| 8 | Phosphoric Acid 75% | | 55 Gallon Drum | | $ | | | | Gallon | | |
| 9 | Percol Polymer LT 22 S | 55 LB | | | | $ | | | | Pound | |
| 10 | 50% Sodium Hydroxide | Gallon | | | | $ | | | | Gallon | |
| 11 | Soda Ash | | | 50# Bag | | | $ | | | | Pound |
| (City of Cortez Grade 100) | lb | | | | $ | | | | Pound | |
| 12 | Ammonia sulfate | | 50# Bags | | | $ | | | | Pound | |
| NSF/ANSI 60 | lb | AWWA Approved | | | $ | | | | Pound | |
| 13 | Aluminum Chlorohydrate | Bulk per gallon | | $ | | | | Gallon | | | |
| 14 | Citric Acid | 50# bag | | | | | $ | | | | Pound |
| 15 | Calcium Hypochlorite | 55# Bucket of 3" pucks | | $ | | | | Pound | | | |
| 16 | Chlorine Trichlor | 50# bucket Bulk 3" tablets | | $ | | | | Pound | | | |
| 17 | Calcium Hypochlorite 68% | 55# Granular | | | $ | | | | Pound | | |
| 18 | Muratic Acid 22° | 55 gal drum | | | | $ | | | | Gallon | |
| 19 | Calcium Chloride Flakes 83-87% | 50# bag | $ | | Pound | |
| 20 | Sodium Thiosulfate | 50# bucket | | $ | | Pound |
Company Name:
Address:
Contact Person:
Phone:
Email Address
Date Signature of Authorized Representative
2026 Joint Chemical Bid Estimate Usage for Period 01/01/2026 through 12/31/2026
MONTEZUMA
TOTAL
| UNIT OF |
| TOWN OF |
| TOWN OF |
| WATER |
| CITY OF |
| ESTIMATED |
| ITEM |
| ISSUE |
| DOLORES |
| MANCOS |
| COMPANY |
| CORTEZ |
| USAGE |
2000 lb 1 T cylinder
| Sulfur Dioxide |
| 150 Lb. Bottle |
| Sodium Hypochlorite |
| 55 Gallon Drum |
| 20 |
| or (10%) |
| min 3500 gal Bulk Deliv. |
| NALCO 8102 PLUS |
| Gallon |
| 110 |
| Potassium Permanganate |
| 25 Kg Bucket Powder |
| Phosphoric Acid 75% |
| 55 Gallon Drum |
| Percol Polymer LT 22 S |
| 55 LB |
| 50% Sodium Hydroxide |
| Gallon |
| Soda Ash Pallets of 50# bags |
| 50# Bag |
Ammonia sulfate
| NSF/ANSI 60 AWWA Approved |
| 50# Bags |
| Aluminum Chlorohydrate |
| Bulk per gallon |
| Calcium Hypochlorite |
| 55# Bucket 3" pucks |
* No Delivery until April *
| Chlorine Trichlor -Bulk Tablets |
| 50# Bucket 3" tablets |
| ** |
| NOT individually wrapped |
| Calcium Hypochlorite 68% |
| 55# Granular |
| Muratic Acid 22° |
| 55 gal drum |
| Calcium Chloride 83-87% |
| 50# bag |
Sodium Thiosulfate Chlorine Reducer 50# bucket
| City of Cortez |
| Randy Hunt |
| 565-8356 |
| (970)565-9824 |
| rhunt@cortezco.gov |
| Montezuma Water |
| Travis Wilbanks |
| 882-2201 |
| (970)882-7759 |
| travis@montezumawaer.org |
| Town of Dolores |
| Randy McGuire |
| 882-7466 |
| (970)882-7720 |
| treasurer@townofdolores.com |
| Town of Mancos |
| James Jennings |
| 533-7727 |
| (970)533-7725 |
| jjennings@mancoscolorado.com |
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