Purchasing Bids: Winning Bids
The Des Moines Water Works Finance Department handles most purchases of products & services for the utility. These activities are managed by the Purchasing/Central Stores Supervisor Julia Johnston.
2010 Pleasant Hill Stormwater Management flyer - Capitol City Graphics total $249.02
2011 Water Festival Registration Brochure - Fairprint total $495.00
2010 Corrision - Bids were receieved from the following: Badger Daylighting Corp $53,113.45, Precision Daylighting Inc $60,000.10, Communications Technologies $61,015.00, Communication Data Link $102,550.00. Bids must be reviewed by Distribution to make sure they meet specs, references checked since Badger would be a new vendor for DMWW and Board must approve before anything is finalized.
2010-2011 Concrete Low bid American Concrete $180,640
IAWA CCR's low Bid Captitol City Graphics $ 5,242.60 plus shipping
DMWW CCR's low bid Color FX $6,200
Asphaltic concrete surface patches for 2010/2011 G & H Asphalt - $129,675.00
Stop Box Repair Torgenson base bid $292,672 with alternates $327,576.00 Awarded to Torgenson
Bid awarded for the Botanical Center Janitorial services 2010. Reliable Maintenance $41,268.00
Bid Results for 2010 chemicals ( Board approved below vendors at the October 20, 2009 meeting vendor prices will take effect 1/1/10 not before)
Activated Carbon - Thatcher chemical .5809 per lb
Alum - General Chemical .225 per lb
Carbon Dioxide - Praxair .0275 per lb
Caustic Soda - ACCO 185.90 per drum
Chlorine - DPC Industries .41 per pound or 820.00 per ton
Ferric Chloride - Kemira .11 lb/solution
Food Grade Salt Culinox 999 - Morton Salt 230.47 per ton
Hydrochloric Acid - ACCO 86.90 per drum
Hydrofluosilicic Acid - Solvay .3590 per pound
Lime at Mc Mullen Plant Mississippi Lime - 156.88 per ton
Lime at Fleur Plant Linwood Lime - 119.50 per ton
Polyphosphate - Carus Chemical .467 per lb
Soda Ash - OCI .16319 per pound
Sodium Bisulfite - ACCO 119.90 drum
Solar Salt - North American Salt .0575 per pound