Goulds Pumps Products and Parts

Sarasota County is pursuing a sole source procurement for Goulds Pumps products and parts through Solicitation Number 2024-ISS-147, with Tencarva Machinery Company LLC dba Hudson Pump & Equipment as the intended vendor. The procurement covers miscellaneous water and wastewater utility equipment including submersible/sump/centrifugal pumps, pump controllers, grinders, pump basins, agitators, and mixers specifically designed for municipal infrastructure applications. The contract is set to run for one year from March 12, 2024, to March 11, 2025, with responses required to be submitted electronically through the ProcureNow portal by February 21, 2024, at 5:00 pm. Vendors are required to complete an Intent to Sole Source Response form if proposing alternative products, and must provide supporting documentation demonstrating equivalent capabilities. The county remains open to potentially canceling the sole source procurement and pursuing a competitive solicitation if alternative vendors can demonstrate substantially similar product capabilities. Questions from potential respondents were due by February 20, 2024, with a strict electronic submission protocol.

The procurement appears to have no specific set-aside designations for disadvantaged enterprises or small businesses. Hudson Pump & Equipment is explicitly recognized as the authorized vendor for ITT Goulds Pumps in Florida, with exclusive municipal representative status confirmed through correspondence dated January 4, 2024. The contract encompasses an estimated expenditure of $250,000, with an actual expenditure range not to exceed $150,000. Unique qualifications for the incumbent include being the only authorized Goulds Pumps Service Center in Florida, providing exclusive repair and rebuild rights for equipment. The sole source justification emphasizes the specialized nature of the pumps, which would require complete engineering redesign if another brand were substituted. Changing vendors would potentially necessitate comprehensive system remodeling, making the current vendor uniquely positioned for this procurement.