Title
Water Coliform Testing - Proposal
History
Per the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) regulation (based on Village population), the Utility Division within Public Works is required to obtain sixty-eight (68) water samples per month from various locations throughout the Village. The samples must be tested by a certified laboratory within a specific timeframe.
Multi-year proposals for testing and reporting services were requested from the only two certified laboratories within a reasonable distance from the Village. Suburban Laboratories, Inc. submitted a price totaling $7.92 per sample but would only guarantee the price for one year. They also offered to reduce our price for disinfection by-product testing and reporting from $4,375 to $3,500 if selected to perform the coliform testing. Enviro-Test/Perry Laboratories submitted a total sample cost of $6.95 per sample and will hold that price for the two years. The cost difference between the two laboratories is less than $100 when the disinfection by-product testing is included.
While most samples are picked up as part of the contract, it is periodically necessary that we deliver samples to the laboratory. Enviro-Test/Perry Laboratories, Inc. of Woodridge, Illinois, is more conveniently located than Suburban Laboratories, Inc. of Hillside, Illinois. Enviro-Test/Perry Laboratories has performed this testing for the Village without a problem for the past twenty-five years.
Therefore, it is recommended that the proposal/quotation for coliform bacteria testing from Enviro-Test/Perry Laboratories Inc. of Woodridge, Illinois, be accepted for an amount not to exceed $6.95 per sample for the two-year term of the current proposal.
On January 16, 2012, this item was reviewed and approved by the Public Works and Engineering Committee and referred to the Board for approval.
INFORMATION PREVIOUSLY PROVIDED AS PART OF THE JANUARY 16, 2012, PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING COMMITTEE PACKET.
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