INVITATION FOR SEALED BID (IFB)
CHEMICALLY ENHANCED TREATMENT POLYMER
FOR THE CITY OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA
PUR 25-006
ADDENDUM No. 1
DATE: August 30, 2024
To All Potential Bidders:
A. This Addendum shall be considered part of the bid documents for the above-mentioned
project as though it had been issued at the same time and shall be incorporated integrally therewith.
Where provisions of the following supplementary data differ from those of the original bid
documents, this Amendment shall govern and take precedence. BIDDERS MUST SIGN THE
ADDENDUM AND SUBMIT IT WITH THEIR BIDS.
B. Bidders are hereby notified that they shall make any necessary adjustments in their
estimates as a result of this Addendum. It will be construed that each bidder’s bid is submitted
with full knowledge of all modifications and supplemental data specified herein.
ADDENDUM NUMBER:
1. CHANGES AND CLARIFICATIONS. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
THE CITY’S RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED ARE IN BLUE
Solicitation Changes
1. Date changes to Performance Testing, Due Date for Questions and Clarifications, Due Date
for Response to Questions and Clarifications, and IFB Submittal Due Date have been
updated as follows:
IFB INFORMATION
Contact
ANDRIELYN GLADNEY
Email Address
stocktonbids@stocktonca.gov
MANDATORY On-Site Week of August 19, 2024 (Scheduled
Meeting
bidders only)
(Bench Testing)
2500 Navy Drive, Stockton, CA 95206
MANDATORY On-Site Week of October 7, 2024 (Invited bidders
Meeting
only)
(Performance Testing) 2500 Navy Drive, Stockton, CA 95206
Due Date for Questions October 18, 2024; 2:00 PM PST
and Clarifications
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Due Date for Response October 24, 2024; 5:00 PM PST
to
Questions/Clarifications
IFB Submittal
city.clerk@stocktonca.gov
Electronic Mail
IFB Submittal Due Date Thursday, October 31, 2024; 2:00 PM
& Time
PST
Anticipated Date for
Council Approval
Proposal shall be electronically
delivered to the email address above at
or before the hour stated. Proposals
arriving after the opening deadline will
not be accepted.
To Be Determined
Questions & Answers
1. Has there been any historical testing of CEPT previously performed at the city of
Stockton? What are the pre-qualified polymer products mentioned in the bid for this
application?
The City’s treatment process has been modified since the last use of CEPT polymer
and no records remain from prior use.
2. Where are the injection points of the ferric chloride and the polymer and how far
apart are they from each other?
The injection points are less than 50 feet apart. The ferric is after the RWW Pumps
but before the grit headcells. The polymer is after the grit headcells.
3. What is the flow that is to be treated for the primary treatment?
The influent flow being treated is approximately 20 to 60 MGD (average flow dry
weather).
4. What is the City's anticipated annual volume usage for the CEPT application?
Unknown at this time.
5. For the protest procedure, it states that the letter must be filed with the chief
financial officer no later than 5 days after the letter of intent to award has been
posted online. Is this 5 calendar days, or business days?
Bid protests are to be file within five (5) business days.
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6. Is the city expecting to purchase polymer in tote packaging or bulk for this
application?
The purchases will be in tote packaging.
7. Under the Job Walk section (1.30) that describes the mandatory pre-bid meeting
and jar testing, it is stated that samples must be provided to the city at no cost.
What is the volume of these samples that must be submitted? Are these samples,
the samples of the neat polymer to be tested in the full-scale for evaluation
purposes?
These samples are what will be used during bench testing and the full-scale
performance testing.
8. What test results will be provided from the mandatory pre-bid meeting and jar
testing? Is there a specific bench scale testing procedure that must be followed?
9. There are no results provided from the jar testing. The jar testing phase is for the
bidder to test different polymers and to select product for the performance testing
BIDDER MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THIS ADDENDUM BY SIGNING BELOW AND
ATTACHING THE SIGNED ADDENDUM TO THE BID FORM:
Company Name
Contact Person
Signature
Date
Bids Due – Promptly by 2:00 P.M., Thursday, OCTOBER 31, 2024 at
city.clerk@stocktonca.gov
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Addendum acknowledged and signed?
(Procurement Specialist’s initials)
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