60-M0009-25-CP403_SIGNED FINAL NALCO SOLE SOURCE DETERMINATION FY26.pdf.PDF
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- San Juan County, New Mexico
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This document is a Sole Source Notice and Determination Form from the City of Bloomfield, New Mexico, involving a contract with Nalco Water Company for the procurement of a specialized water treatment chemical. The contract is for the purchase of CatFloc KL-10, a proprietary coagulant blend to be used at the City of Bloomfield's Water Treatment Plant, with a contract value of $200,188.80 for fiscal year 2026 and a one-year term.
The sole source justification is based on the unique properties of CatFloc KL-10, which was selected after extensive testing demonstrated its effectiveness in treating the city's source water and ensuring compliance with government water treatment standards. The product is exclusively produced and sold by Nalco Water Company, making it the only viable option for the city's specific water treatment requirements. The procurement process includes a mandatory 30-calendar-day posting period for potential challenges to the sole source determination, with the city's Chief Procurement Officer, Melanie Lovato, serving as the primary contact for any inquiries.
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SOLE SOURCE NOTICE AND DETERMINATION FORM
A sole source determination is not effective until the sole source notice has been posted for thirty
(30) calendar days without challenge.
I. Name of Entity: City of Bloomfield
Chief Procurement Officer: Melanie Lovato
Telephone Number: 505-632-8448
Email Address: mlovato@bloomfieldnm.gov
II. Name of prospective Contractor: Nalco Water Company
Address of prospective Contractor: 1601 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563
Contact Name: Chris Hutchings
Contact Telephone Number: 630-849-8459
Contact Email Address: cwhutchings@ecolab.com
Amount of prospective contract before tax: $200,188.80
Term of prospective contract: 1 year, FY26
III. Please thoroughly list the services (scope of work), construction or items of tangible personal property of the prospective contract:
Purchase of CatFloc KL-10, a proprietary blend used as the primary coagulant at the City of Bloomfield’s Water Treatment Plant.
IV. Provide an explanation of the criteria developed and specified by the entity as necessary to perform and/or fulfill the contract and upon which the entity reviewed available sources.
(Do not use “technical jargon;” use plain English. Do not tailor the criteria simply to exclude other contractors if it is not rationally related to the purpose of the contract.)
CatFloc KL-10, a proprietary coagulant blend is used as the primary coagulant at the City of Bloomfield’s Water Treatment Plant. CatFloc KL-10 was chosen after extensive testing showed it to be the only coagulant to effectively treat the source water in the City’s Trident treatment plants. CatFloc KL-10 is effective in the
T.O.C. removal, keeping the City’s water in compliance with government standards.
V. Provide a detailed, sufficient explanation of the reasons, qualifications, proprietary rights or unique capabilities of the prospective contractor that makes the prospective contractor the one source capable of providing the required professional service, service, construction or item(s) of tangible personal property. (Please do not state the source is the “best” source or the “least costly” source. Those factors do not justify a “sole source.”)
The CatFloc KL-10 is proprietary and is not produced or sold by any other supplier.
| Final FY26 State Sole Source Notice and Determination - Nalco.pdf |
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