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COUNCIL COMMUN�CATION FORM PURCHASING & INTERNAL SERVICES MEMORANDUM #03 - 09 February 19, 2003 TO: Honorable Mayor Howley and City Council FROM: Steve Garman, City Manager Beth Couter, Financial Management Director Deborah M. Perry,Purchasing Supervisori,�� SUBJECT: Bids for painting reservoir and generator enclosure SUMMARY RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends awarding contract to Western Waterproofing, Co. to paint a reservoir and generator enclosure at the South Water Treatment Plant. BACKGROUND: The exterior of both the reservoir and generator enclosure have been exposed to the elements for the past 15 years. The reservoir has cracks and spalling concrete, and the generator has rust. These problems should be eliminated once the painting and repair work is completed. The low bid of Jones & Sullivan Enterprises does not meet City of Decatur specifications. The City of Decatur specifications request the coating for this project to be, Thoroseal Crementious coating, which is a cement base material. The bid of Jones and Sullivan is for using Thorocoat material, which is a different product entirely. It is more labor intensive to use the Thoroseal Crementious coating as it has to be mixed and is harder to apply with brush rather than being sprayed. The work to be done on this project requires the coating to be brushed on in order to match the existing texture and color, as well as being able to cover the repairs made with the patching material. City staff also feels it is safer to brush the material on since it is in such close proximity to treatment basins. The material required to accomplished all these items is Thoroseal Crementious coating. The low bid of Western Waterproofing meets City of Decatur specifications in this area as well as the rest of the applications.