Chemicals for Pools and Splash Pads
Closed State & local contract opportunity Posted
- Solicitation number
- 2025-ITB-110
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Responses due
Opportunity facts
- Jurisdiction
- NIGP code
- UNSPSC code
- Point of contact
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- Morgan Fetsock mfetsock@scrantonpa.gov (570) 504-4943
Opportunity details come from procurement.opengov.com. Updated .
About this opportunity
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration seeks separate sealed bids for the supply and delivery of chemicals for pools and splash pads through Invitation to Bid #2025-ITB-110. The procuring jurisdiction is the City of Scranton, located in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania. The City requires eight line items of pool chemicals including sodium hypochlorite (55-gallon drums), sodium bicarbonate (50-pound bags), soda ash (100-pound bags), muriatic acid (5-gallon containers), aluminum sulfate (100-pound bags), granular chlorine (25-gallon containers), calcium chloride (100-pound bags), and caustic soda flakes (100-pound bags). The successful bidder must demonstrate the capability to deliver all requested materials within 24 hours on an as-needed basis, acknowledging the City's limited storage capacity. Bids must be submitted electronically through the City's e-Procurement Portal by 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2026, with a question submission deadline of 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 5, 2026. The contract term runs from March 1, 2026 through February 28, 2027, with an option for one additional one-year renewal upon mutual agreement. Award will be made to the lowest responsible bidder submitting a responsive bid based on unit costs for each of the eight chemical line items.
Respondents must provide proof of required registrations, certifications, and licenses, and submit affidavits including Non-Collusion, Affirmative Action Certification, and Certificate of Non-Segregated Facilities. All bidders must furnish certificates of insurance naming the City as an additional insured, with minimum coverage requirements including workers' compensation (statutory), employer's liability ($500,000), comprehensive general liability ($1,000,000 per occurrence), and comprehensive automobile liability ($300,000 per person). Bidders must also submit specifications for all chemicals included in their bids and comply with City of Scranton local tax requirements. The City reserves the right to reject any and all bids and will not accept bids from parties in arrears, in default, or who have failed to perform previous contracts with the City. No pre-proposal meeting will be held. No specific budget range or award value is listed in the procurement documents, and no incumbent vendors or set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises are identified.
Opportunity text
CITY OF SCRANTON
INVITATION TO BID
Chemicals for Pools and Splash Pads
The City of Scranton Department of Business Administration is seeking separate sealed bids for Chemicals for Pools and Splash Pads. Bids will be received online by the City Controller via the City's e-Procurement Portal until 11:00 am, Thursday, February 12, 2026, at which time such bids will be opened in City Council Chambers on the 2nd Floor of City Hall. A video of the bid opening will be available for public viewing at www.youtube.com/user/electriccitytv570 after the live opening.
Bids shall be made upon the specifications included in the official Invitation to Bid (ITB) which may be obtained by visiting the City of Scranton's e-Procurement Portal, https://secure.procurenow.com/portal/scrantonpa. If you intend to submit a bid, you must register on the City's e-Procurement Portal. Once registered, you may view and click "Follow" to be a prospective bidder for this ITB. You will then appear on the followers list. If you do not follow this project you will not receive automatic addenda notifications, nor will you be able to draft a response in the City's e-Procurement Portal, and therefore you will be unable to participate in or be considered for this ITB.
All bid documents and supplementary documents must be uploaded and submitted using the City's e-Procurement Portal prior to 11:00 am on Thursday, February 12, 2026, as instructed in this ITB. Once file(s) have been uploaded and the submission status shows as "Submitted," the submission is complete. At that point, bidder's representative who is registered with the City will receive an email confirmation from the City's e-Procurement Portal.
All communications regarding technical, scope, and/or project related questions and requests for clarifications, changes, exceptions, and deviations to the terms and conditions set forth in this ITB shall be submitted via "Q & A" through the City's e-Procurement Portal, before the deadline of 4:30 pm on Thursday, February 5, 2026 and according to these specifications herein.
If you encounter any technical difficulties utilizing the City's e-Procurement Portal, you may contact OpenGov, the Software Administrator, using the real-time chat function on the website (located in lower right-hand corner of the screen), or via email at support@procurenow.com. It is still your responsibility to ensure that your bid is submitted before the deadline.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| Chemicals_for_Pools_and_Splash_Pads.pdf | ||
| Bid_Form_Template_9.17.24.docx | DOCX document | |
| Federal_Certification_Regarding_Lobbying_as_of_8.9.24.pdf |
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