Award Information

This Award Information document concerns the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority's (CCMWA) contract for custom reactivated granular activated carbon (GAC) services in Georgia. The Board awarded a primary contract to Calgon Carbon of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a secondary contract to Carbon Activated of Compton, California at the December 19, 2023 Board Meeting. The work includes transferring spent GAC into transport trucks, reactivating the GAC using NSF 61 certified facilities, blending with re-agglomerated bituminous-based coal GAC, testing the quality of the blend, transporting the finished product to the Owner's water treatment facility in Acworth, Georgia, transferring the GAC into the contractors' equipment, and providing documentation. The contract term is two years with an option to renew for three additional one-year periods.

Pricing under the contract is adjusted annually based upon the combined average of the U.S. Department of Labor Producer Price Index of Other Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing and the Producer Price Index of Basis Organic Chemicals. The award follows a competitive bidding process with bids publicly opened on November 29, 2022. No additional information regarding set-asides, funding sources, or contract amounts is provided in this award document.