2017-29784 Reso 2017-297$4
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, ACCEPTING THE WRITTEN RECOMMENDATION
OF THE CITY MANAGER (AS FURTHER SET FORTH IN THE CITY
COMMISSION MEMORANDUM ACCOMPANYING THIS RESOLUTION) AND
WAIVING, BY 5/7THS VOTE, THE FORMAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING
REQUIREMENTS, FINDING SUCH WAIVER TO BE IN THE CITY'S BEST
INTEREST, AND AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF FLYGT/XYLEM PUMP
EQUIPMENT, PARTS, SOFTWARE, SERVICE AND RELATED ITEMS FROM
XYLEM WATER SOLUTIONS U.S.A., FOR PURPOSES OF STANDARDIZING
SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS CITYWIDE, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED
$500,000 ANNUALLY, FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS.
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach operates and maintains over 100 submersible
pumps within the Wastewater and Stormwater Division of the Public Works Department
("PWD); and
WHEREAS, the City's current submersible pumps are made by a variety of
manufacturers, with an inventory that consists of seventy (70) Flygt pumps, eight (8) Wilo/Davis-
Emu pumps, twelve (12) ABS pumps, nine (9) KGI Hydro pumps, and five pumps that are
missing and need replacement; and
WHEREAS, each of the currently installed brands has specific engineering
specifications that require each manufacturer of the pumps to supply all original equipment
manufacturer(OEM), parts and replacement equipment; and
WHEREAS, each brand's specifications requires the City to manage multiple
maintenance/repair agreements with different vendors, maintain a higher stock of spare parts
for each brand's equipment and related items, reduces the City's ability to use different pumps
and/or equipment and parts at different locations, and includes a much higher learning curve
with respect to each manufacturer's specific maintenance and operations; and
WHEREAS, the Flygt pump brand is the originator of the heavy duty electrical
submersible pump and provides support, expertise, and high quality products available for
pumping and mixing contaminated and abrasive liquids; and
WHEREAS, the Flygt brand of pumps is used by many different municipalities, including
Miami-Dade County and Orange County; and
WHEREAS, the Administration recommends standardizing its submersible pumps to two
brands of pumps (Flygt and Sulzer), to minimize the issues that result from having many
different brands of submersible pumps, decrease the required stock level of spare parts, allow
for more interchangeable parts and pumps and more efficient utilization, and create leverage for
service agreements; and
WHEREAS, Xylem Water Solutions, U.S.A. is the sole provider of Flygt pump equipment
and related items, and the City Manager recommends the waiver of the competitive bidding
requirements with respect to purchases of Flygt pumps and related items from Xylem Water
Solutions, U.S.A., as being in the best interest of the City.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT DULY RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, that the Mayor and the City
Commission hereby accept the written recommendation of the City Manager (as further set forth
in the City Commission memorandum accompanying this Resolution) and waive, by a 517th vote,
the formal competitive bidding requirements, finding such waiver to be in the City's best interest,
and authorize the purchase of Flygt pump equipment, parts, software, service and related items
from Xylem Water Solutions U.S.A., for purposes of standardizing submersible pumps Citywide,
in an amount not to exceed $500,000 annually, for a period of three (3) years.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this I day of h'14rck. 2017.
ATTEST:
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