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Bid Title

CRO# 1685 Water Treatment Chemicals

Issuing Agency

Crossville city

Location

Tennessee

Published Date

Mar 3, 2026

Closing Date

Mar 20, 2026

Government Level

State & Local

Status

Closed

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CRO# 1685 Water Treatment Chemicals

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CITY OF CROSSVILLE

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION

THIS IS NOT AN ORDER

IMPORTANT: Read Instructions Carefully

RETURN QUOTATION TO:

City Clerk/BIDS

CRO# 1685

Date Issued: 03/03/2026

City of Crossville

Delivery required as needed

392 N Main St

For more information, call:

To be opened date/hour:

Crossville TN 38555

Joe Kerley, 931-788-5515

03/20/2026, 2 p.m. CDT

NOTICE TO BIDDER:

Prices to be F.O.B.

City of Crossville, Water Treatment Plants

THIS IS NOT AN ORDER. Please enter unit prices, extensions, and amount for items listed herein

specified. Be sure the specifications are followed. If you are unable to supply any of the items, please

quote on the nearest substitute either on this form, or attach a letter containing such description and it

will be considered as part of your quotation. Prices quoted must include all delivery charges to points

of delivery indicated hereon. We reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

Please submit a bid for WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS as specified.

Please include data sheet for SDS or website information.

This bid will be for a period of one (1) year from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027

See attached specifications.

Bidder’s Name

_____________________________________

Bidder’s Address

______________________________________

______________________________________

______________________________________

For further information, contact

Joe Kerley, 931-788-5515

Or email joe.kerley@crossvilletn.gov

Any fuel surcharges must be submitted in advance for approval by City Council,

which may result in a re-bidding of the Price Contract.

PLEASE SEE NEXT PAGE FOR INSTRUCTIONS

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS

1. Each Request for Quote should be in a SEPARATE ENVELOPE and have typed/noted on the

envelope the CRO#, ITEM, OPENING DATE, and TIME. Mailing envelope should be

addressed to City of Crossville, ATTN CITY CLERK/BIDS. No electronic submissions

will be accepted.

2. Specifications used in this request for proposal are intended to be open and non-restrictive.

Reference to brand names, catalogs, etc., is to establish minimum standards of quality and

does not preclude BUYER’s consideration of proposals on comparable quality. All bidders

state brand name and catalog number of product proposed.

3. All prices quoted should be on a delivered prepaid basis to the F.O.B. destination shown in the

shipping instructions.

4. Insert time discount terms, in any, in space provided. Discounts are computed from date of

delivery at destination or date of receipt of properly executed vendor’s invoice at agency

indicated above, whichever is later.

5. The City of Crossville, a municipality, is exempt from sales tax with respect to materials that it

purchases for municipal projects; however, the contractor who installs, applies, or otherwise

uses such materials, is liable for the use tax of those materials.

6. Unless otherwise indicated, quotations should be submitted on this form indicating unit price,

total extension of each item, and grand total of quotation. In care of error in the extension

prices, the unit price will govern.

NOTICE: PROPOSALS WILL BE REJECTED

UNLESS SIGNED IN INK

SIGNED BY:____________________________

Print Name: ____________________________

Firm: __________________________________

Address: _______________________________

City: __________________________________

State: _______

ZIP: _______________

Date: __________ Phone: _________________

EMAIL: ________________________________

In submitting this bid, it is expressly agreed that upon proper acceptance by the City of Crossville of any or all

items proposed, a contract shall thereby be created with respect to the items accepted.

BID SPECIFICATIONS FOR WATER TREATMENT

CHEMICALS 2026-27

ITEM

1. Caustic, 50%

ESTIMATED QUANTITY

AND AMOUNT

2,500 gallons/TOTE

UNIT

PRICE

Per gallon TOTE

$_________

2. Liquid Zinc-Orthophosphate,

1.3 by weight, Zinc: Orthophosphate

ratio. NSF Standard 60 Certified

Volume sufficient to yield

0.3 ppm Zinc and 0.9 ppm

Orthophosphate in 4 MGD flow.

Vendor to include product dose

required to achieve these yields and

is to be included in bid response

Gallon/Drums $_________

3. Flurosilicic Acid 23%

3,500 gallons/55gal drums

Gallon

$_________

4. Sodium Bicarbonate

- USP Powdered No. 1

- Meets Food Chemical Codex

- NSF Approved

50,000 pounds /50lb bags

Per pound

$_________

5. *Salt (Granular – Bulk)

6. **Coagulant (Equal to or better

than Thermodyne Thermofloc)

Truck Load

Tanker Load

Per pound

Gallon

$_________

$_________

7. Sodium Permanganate 20%

4,000 gallons/totes

Per gallon TOTE

$ _________

8. Sodium Thiosulfate 30%

24 Barrels/1,320 Gallons

Gallon/drums $_________

9. Norit Pac 20-B

Per pound

$_________

** ALL CHEMICALS MUST BE NSF APPROVED **

Please note whether pricing includes fees, delivery, surcharges, etc. or if additional fees, delivery charges,

surcharges, etc will apply in the future.

Please list additional fees, washout charges, delivery, surcharges, etc here if not included in price:

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

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General Information

SALT AND POLYMER SPECIFICATIONS

FOR MIOX MIXED-OXIDANT GENERATORS

Purity

Granular table grade salt with a purity level of 99.5% NaCl or greater. The primary contaminant

limits are less than .01 percent calcium, .01 percent magnesium, and .0005 percent

manganese. Must be NSF standard 60 salt.

NSF Standard 60 Salt

Several state regulatory agencies require that the source material feeding on-site generators

(i.e., salt) must be NSF60 listed to ensure that no hazardous materials ultimately enter the

drinking water supply. NSF60 relates to chemicals in contact with drinking water are safe and

non-toxic to the drinking water supply. For a list of salt suppliers that offer NSF60 listed salt,

refer to the NSF website at www.nsf.org.

COAGULANT SPECIFICATIONS

Coagulant shall have a minimum shelf life of one year and have flocculation and turbidity

removal performance equal to or better than the current product as determined by the City of

Crossville.

COAGULANT SUPPLIER SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS

The City of Crossville seeks the best overall value in products and services available from its

coagulant supplier. The service specifications below are based on the arrangements that are

currently in place.

1) Coagulant supplier shall provide a water treatment professional for on-site technical

service. The minimum education and experience requirements of the water treatment

professional shall be a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from an accredited university. The

water treatment professional shall be available on a regular basis as the water system’s

chemical and treatment consultant.

2) Supplier’s Chemical Engineer shall be present at all tank wagon deliveries to do on-site

quality control jar tests on samples taken from the tankers at the unloading points.

3) Supplier’s Chemical Engineer shall be approved by the State of Tennessee Water and

Wastewater Certification Board to provide continuing education training.

4) Supplier’s Chemical Engineer shall have working knowledge of the technical details related

to:

• Alternative oxidants and disinfectants

• Disinfection byproduct control strategies

• Water plant testing and analyses

• Powdered and granular activated carbon treatment

• Corrosion control

• Potassium permanganate treatment

• Plankton enumeration

• Fluid dynamics

• CT and pathogen removal calculations

• Proposed stage 2 DBPR and LT2ESWTR

• Empirically-based models for predicting chlorination byproduct concentrations

described in EPA 815-R-98/005

• Tracer study and empirical baffle factor determination procedures described in

USEPA 815-12-R-99-013

5) Specific technical services to be provided by coagulant supplier included but not limited to

the following:

a. On-site research to assist with disinfection byproduct control; specifically by planning

and executing controlled test protocols to generate quantitative data on the DBP

yields of various treatment approaches

b. On-site research to quantify the potential water quality improvements of envisioned

capital improvement projects

c. Assist in running plant trials with alternative oxidants including developing or

adapting procedures for monitoring residuals, determining oxidant demands and

appropriate feed rates, monitoring plant water quality, and executing jar tests to

correct upset conditions during trials

d. Regular jar testing at both water plants to optimize coagulant doses

e. Assist in obtaining plankton enumerations

f. Provide assistance in maintaining superior water quality by helping in the

troubleshooting of iron, manganese, turbidity, and algae breakthrough issues

g. Provide technical assistance with chemical feed rate and dilution calculations for any

and all chemicals used including providing pump setting equations as functions of

contaminant levels and flow rates

h. On-site research to study power activated carbon for DBP control including

developing and executing controlled test protocols quantifying the TTHM and HAA5

reductions possible with various carbon types, feedpoint, and doses

i. Plan and execute tracer studies to develop empirically-determined baffle factors to

use in CT calculations. Tracer studies shall be of the positive step function type

using sodium ion assay with ion selective electrode

j. On-site research to quantify the DBP precursor removal capabilities of potassium

permanganate and potassium permanganate enhanced with catalysts and alkalinity

sources

k. On-site research to quantify the effect on water quality of pretreatment with various

alkalinity sources including sodium hydroxide, calcium hydroxide, sodium carbonate,

and sodium bicarbonate

l. Assist in implementing alternate oxidant approaches for DBP control including

recommending procedures for feed rate control, treatment monitoring, and test

procedures

m. Convert plant fluid mechanics into jar test conditions

n. Provide equations and expertise to help set up spreadsheet calculations for

determining pathogen inactivation ratios including adapting specialized Regression

Methods

o. Deposit composition analyses and determinations by proton-induced x-ray emission

6) For items A-O above, Supplier’s Chemical Engineer shall provide full written reports on all

studies and recommendations.

Commodity Codes

• NAICS 221310Water Supply and Irrigation Systems
• NAICS 325998All Other Miscellaneous Chemical Product and Preparation Manufacturing
• NAICS 424690Other Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers

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