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Item # 16.

Council Meeting 2023

Meeting Date:	10/25/2022
Department:	Public Works
Pillars:	Excellence in Asset Management
Milestones:	Effectively utilize and promote the Silver Line development with a first mile/last mile solution

AGENDA CAPTION:

Consider Action on the Purchase of Water Quality Analyzers from Hach Company and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Purchase Order in an Amount Not to Exceed $69,481.60.

BACKGROUND:

The purpose of this item is to purchase two replacement water quality analyzers from Hach Company (Hach).

These analyzers continuously monitor disinfectant levels in the water that Dallas Water Utilities provides at the two entry points. This is vital to ensuring the Town maintains superior water quality throughout the water distribution system.

Two of the Town's water quality analyzers have reached the end of their useful life. At 12 years old, parts for the analyzers are difficult to source due to their age. Additionally, the analyzers are identified as failed in the Town's asset management software.

The purchase of Hach's water quality analyzers ensures ease of maintenance and compatibility with existing water quality instruments and software already in place. Hach is the sole source manufacturer and direct distributor for all Hach instrumentation. The attached sole source letter explains this in greater detail.

The $75,000 budget for this $69,481.60 purchase was approved as a decision package as a part of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget process and will come out of the 2023 Utility Fund budget.

RECOMMENDATION:

Administration recommends approval.

Attachments
Hach Price Quote
Hach Sole Source Letter