Furnish and deliver liquid caustic soda

Long Beach Utilities Department is soliciting bids to furnish and deliver liquid caustic soda (50% solution) to the Long Beach Ground Water Treatment Plant under ITB WD-23-098, with bids due June 20, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. via the Long Beach Buys portal. This procurement carries a Notice of Intent to Award dated June 27, 2023, naming Pacific Star Chemical as the apparent low bidder at $351,000; final award is pending contract execution.

Bidders must hold NSF/ANSI, NSF/UL, or ANSI/UL Standard 60 certification and submit proof of certification, actual product analysis, and customer references from five current accounts. The chemical must be supplied at 50% solution with a 76% Na2O basis. Estimated quantity is 500 dry tons (approximately 1,600 tons in bulk) over the contract term, with deliveries of 20–25 tons per delivery (around 4,000 gallons). Actual annual usage from June 2022 to May 2023 was approximately 390 tons; the incumbent supplier, Univar Solutions USA, Inc., provided the chemical at $864.00 per dry ton.

The contract period is twelve months from award date with optional extension for two additional one-year periods by mutual agreement, subject to a maximum 10% price increase during each extension. Pricing is quoted per dry ton and must include all delivery costs and associated fees. Delivery is FOB Long Beach GWTP, with deliveries made within three business days of request on regular LBU workdays between 7:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Payment terms are NET/30 following delivery, acceptance, and invoice receipt. Bidders must obtain a valid Long Beach Business License prior to contract execution and provide a California representative authorized to represent the company. Questions were due June 12, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.; Addendum 1 was issued June 13, 2023.