Y24-02-SS_FOG_Treatment.pdf
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- Solicitation number
- Y24-02-SS
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- Orange County, Orlando City, Florida
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This document is a solicitation from Orange County Utilities Department for Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) Treatment services for its collection system. The county is seeking a qualified contractor to address FOG accumulation in its sewer infrastructure, with responses due by 5:00 PM EST on January 4, 2024. The primary objective is to implement a biological additive treatment at selected points in the collection system to eliminate FOG, reduce maintenance costs, and prevent sewer system issues such as pipe capacity reduction, equipment performance degradation, and potential sanitary sewer overflows.
The solicitation specifically requires a vendor with technological expertise in microbial bioaugmentation products, capable of breaking down FOG within three months and ensuring no negative impact on biomass or National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System (NPDES) compliance parameters. The county has noted that IN-PIPE Technology appears to be the sole current provider of these services. The selected contractor will be responsible for technical evaluations, supplying biological additives and dosing equipment, maintaining and repairing equipment, and providing necessary reporting. Interested vendors are instructed to contact Kaitlin Kolhoff, the Contracting Agent, to determine if they meet the county's requirements.
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Y24-02-SS
FATS, OIL and GREASE (FOG) TREATMENT
FOR ORANGE COUNTY UTILITIES
The Orange County Utilities Department, Field Services Division, is looking for a qualified contractor to provide Fats, Oil and Grease (FOG) treatment to its collection system.
Because FOG is not soluble in water, it floats and clings to surfaces void of water affecting pipe and Pump Station capacity, pumping equipment performance, and promoting corrosion of metallic as well as concrete structural components in the sewer collection system. FOG is also the leading cause of Sanitary Sewer Overflows.
To minimize the FOG effect in a collection system, it’s common practice to maintain the accumulation of FOG at no more than 25% of a Pump Station’s wet well capacity by frequently removing the material using mechanical means, which makes the process labor and cost intensive.
To counteract the formation and control the concentration levels of FOG, Orange County Utilities intends to adopt an industry standard practice of injecting a biological additive at selected points of the collection system to produce bioaugmentation. This will eliminate FOG, thus reducing clean up time and the maintenance cost of OCU’s collection system. To-date, research within the industry has indicated that IN-PIPE Technology is the sole provider of these services.
Potential providers of the treatment shall comply with the following conditions:
a) The vendor shall be an established company with technological expertise and proven experience in the production of microbial bioaugmentation products tailored to reduce
FOG.
b) The vendor shall provide a biological additive capable of breaking and eliminating FOG on each of the selected collection systems in a period of no more than three (3) months.
c) The vendor shall guarantee the offered biological additive to have no effect on bio-mass augmentation, or any National Pollutant Elimination Discharge System (NPDES) compliance parameter of posterior collection and/or treatment systems such as Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) and Total Suspended Solids (TSS).
d) The Contractor shall be capable of providing the following:
i) A technical evaluation of selected points on OCU’s collection system to determine treatment and dosage needed on a case-by-case basis.
ii) Biological additive and dosing equipment supply as needed.
iii) Maintenance, repairs and technical adjustments on all feed, and control/monitoring equipment necessary to provide the FOG treatment.
iv) Reporting as needed.
Any vendor that wishes to determine if they meet the County’s requirements is invited to contact Kaitlin Kolhoff, Contracting Agent, Kaitlin.Kolhoff@ocfl.net. This information will be available for review until 5:00 PM EST on January 4, 2024.
mailto:Kaitlin.Kolhoff@ocfl.net
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