Resolution No. 675RESOLUTION NO. 6 7 5
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT CALLING
FOR ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR SEALED
PROPOSALS OF GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON
BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Directors of SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC
UTILITY DISTRICT, E1 Dorado County, California, as follows:
1. That the Board of Directors hereby calls for an Advertisement
for bids for sealed proposals for GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON, Said advertisement
for bid to be in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part thereof.
I, DAVID W. CALLAHAN, Clerk of the SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY
DISTRICT, County of E1 Dorado, State of California and ex-officio Secretary of
the Board of Directors thereof, do hereby certify that the above Resolution No.6 7 5
is a true, full and correct copy thereof, and that said Resolution was duly
adopted by the Board of Directors of SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT at a
duly held regular meeting on May 19, 1966, and that the original of said Resolution
is on file in the office of said SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT. Said
Resolution was passed by the following vote of the members of the Board of Directors
thereof:
(S E A L)
AYES:
NOES:
ABSEWf:
Directors Fesler, Wakeman, Kortes, Hegarty and Melikean
None
None
David W. Callahan, Clerk of the
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
and ex-officio Secretary of the
Board of Directors thereof.
ADVE~TISEHEN~ FOR BIDS
Sealed Proposals will be received at che Office of the Clerk, $ouCh
Tahoe Public Utility Diatricc, Treatment Plant, Tahoe Valley, California
(~alling address, p. O. Box AU, Bijou, Californl&,)uncil 3:00 P.H.,
Thursday, june 2, 1966, aC vhich time they rill be publicly opened and
read for furnishin~ materials as
C~ AC~IVAI~D CA~.BON
SOUTH TAHOE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
The Granular Activated Carbon consists of _fiftee~ (15)
Specifications may be examined at the South Tahoe Public Utility District
Office, Treatman~ FLant, Tahoe Valley, California. A copy of said
Sp~ciiica~ions may be obtained from ~he of£ice upon request.
The South Tahoe Public U~ili~y District reserves the right to reJec~ any
or all bide.
DAT~
Clerk and ex-officio Secretary of
the South Tahoe Public Utility District
SF~CIFI~ATIONS
Mesh Size, U,S. Sieve Series
Larger than 8
Smaller
lcd[ne ~er,
~las~es N~r, Mini~
~tsture as packed,
Abrasion ~be~,
8x30
8'
1.50 - 1.70
9SS
200
8. 0
2. 0
70
Folloviu$ thermal regeneration the carbon shall have at lease 90
percent of vf. rgin activity for ABS removal from the sewage plant effluent as
determine~ bI the En$inaer.
The Manufacturer shall subnit with his Proposal a summary of the
carbon manufac~urer*s experience with the carbon proposed for use in removing
organ£cs fro~ sewage effluent ~ i~ regenerating the carbon toll~g ~uch
use. The ~er will s~lect the caren to be u~ed fr~ those mnu~actur~r's
submi~i~ Pro.eels.
The carbon shall be p~lcked and delivered in four-ply kraft bags,
60 pounds nec weight, 61 pounds gross weight. The carbon shall be handled in
a manner which will no~ damage the paper begs nor ~end to pulverize the carbon
particles. Excessive fines in carbon as delivered will be cause for rejection
of the material.
Palmant shall be made within thirty (30) days of the delivery, in
sat isf&ctory cond it ion.
To be shipped by Southern Pacific Railroad to Reno, Nevada, and
by Weetern Gillette Truck Lines to plane, Freight Collect.
PROPOSAL
TOt South Tahoe Public Utility District, P. O. Box AU,
Bijou, California.
The undersigned declares that he has carefully examined the Specification
ant it led:
CRANU~ ACTIVATIID CARBON
&~id. l~Hat he hereby proposes to furnish and deliver the Granular
Carbon to the site of the South Tahoe Public Utility District within
forty-five (&5) calendar days from the date of execution of the contract,
[or the following lump sum
&!ternate ~.. 1 Dollars
and Cents
* Total Lump Sum Price .~ $. ............
A!cernate No. 2 Dollars
and
* Total Lump Sum Price
Al.t.e~te No. 3
* Total Lump Sum Priee
~ Dollars
Cents $ .........
* PRICE F.O.B. PORT OF ORIGIN
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The Undersigned further declares that the only persons or parties interested
in this l~oposal as Principals are those named herein and that zhis Proposal
is not made in collusion with any persons, firm or corporation.
Aeeoupanyin$ this Proposal is ......... (cash, cashier*s
check, certified check or Bidder s Bond), in an amoun ~qual to at least ten
percent (10%) of the to,al muount of the Bid.
The Undersigned caress that in case of default in aaknowledgi.n$ the Purchase
Order within five (5) days, lint ii~ludin$ Sunday, after receiving the Fdrchase
Order, the proceeds of the cash, check or Bond eccompanytug the Proposal, shall
become the property of the South Tahoe Public Utility District.
Signature of Bidder:
Business Address:
l~Ce: If Bidder iea corpora~ion, the lesel name of the corporation shall be
set forth above, together wi~h the siSnature of the officer or officers authorized
true ~ of c~ ft~ s~ll ~ alt forth a~e, Coget~r vi~h the 8ig~Cure of the
~rCner8 er ~rcuero auC~ris~ Co si~ concrac~8 in behl.f of c~ co-~rCMrshtp;
a~ [f ~he bidder ~s an ~tv~d~l, his sl~cure $~ll be placed
~r~rohtp, A ~er of ACCo~y m~c be on flea vi~h c~ ~m~er of C~ DtlCric~
prior Co opting b~da or ,uhiC~ed rich Ch b~d; ocb~ise, cb bid viii
d~are~rd~ as irreguhr a~ u~uC~rized.
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B~DDER*S BOND
KlqO~ ALL 14KH BY THESE PRESIL~T, TtlAT WE, THE Undersigned . .
bound unto
as Principell and
as Surety, ere h~raby held and firmly
....... , hereinafter
called the Owner, in the sum of
dollars ($ ), which sum is equal to et least
can percent of the total amount of the Bid, payment of which sum we1! end truly co
be made, ye hereby Jointly and severally bind ourselves, our heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, and assigns.
The condition of the above obligation if such that whereas the Principal hal
submitted to the Ovnera certain Propo.al, attached hereto and hareb7 made a
parc of thereof, to enter into a contract in writing for the furnithin~ of=
(~RAI~R ACTIVATED C~_eJ~Ol~
SOUTll TAI~)E PUBLIC UTILITY t)IST~ICT
If said Proposal shall be rejected, or in the alternate,
(b) If said Proposal shall be accepted and the Principal shall upon receipt
of a written Purchase Order, furnish written Acknowledsement of said Purchase Order
within the time scared in the Proposal, which Purchase Order end Acknowledgement
constitute an ~4reement between the Owner and the Contractor and shall in all other
respects perform tha agreement created by tha acceptance of slid Proposal.
Then, this obliBation shell be void, otherwise the same shall remain in force and
effect; it being expressly understood and agreed that the liability of the Surety
for any and all default of the Principal hereunder shall be the amount of this
obllsation as herein stated.
The Surety, for value received, hereby stipulates end agrees that the obligations
of Mitd Surety and its bond shall be in nay ay impaired or affected by any
extension of the tine within which the Owner may accept such Proposal, end said
Surety does hereby waive notice of any such extension.
IN WITNESS TN~RBOF, the above-bounded parties hive executed this instrument
under eh~ir several seals this day of ,
affixed a~ ~se presen~s duly si~nad by i~8 ~nderoi~ed repreoen~a~ive,
~rs~nC to au~rt~y of ice ~ove~in~ ~dy.
IN PRESENCE OF:
Seal
(Individual Principal)
Business ................... Address)
......... (ADDRKSS)- ..... -
(Bus~ness Addrase) "
BY AffiX..
(Corporate Seal)
~:: ¢C°rP"ratesurety)
(:Bus {.naSll' Add'reS s) .................
~*" rate of p'"'tu''' on this bo,,d is
(corporat
e Seal
. ................... per thousand
Total Amount of pramt~ clmrsed & .... : : :
SPECIFICATION
(IRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON
1.A. Scope. This i~e~ covsrs the furnishini and delivery of 15
tons ( 30,000 pounds) of gr&nular activated carbon to the South Tahoe
Public Utility District, Bijou, California.
I .B. ~tarials.
~ranular Activa~ed ...Caren. The granular activated carbon shall be
Pittsburgh` ~hemieai ~mpany' (~rent Building, Pittsburgh 19, Pa.) Type SCL,
U.S. Sieve Series S x 30 mesh, or approved equal.
Th, carbon shell remove color, odor, AB$ (alkyl benzene sulfonates),
and other organics from sewage plant effluent which has been treated by the
activated sludge process, coagulated with alum, and filtered. The carbon
shall be suitable for at least 20 cycles of thermal regeneration and reuse.
The carbon shall be suitable for use in carbon columns operated under the
Pittsburgh Moving Bed System, with a total attrition loss of less than 5
percent per regeneration cycle.
The carbon shall be made from selected grades Of bituminous coal
combined with suitable binders to give superior hardness end IonS life. It
shall be activated by high t~perature steam under rigidly controlled conditions.
The carbon shall have the physical properties and mea~ the specifications
lis~ad balow:
~SICALPROPERT~S
Total Surface Area (N2, BET Het~*),
Apparent Density (Bulk Density,Dense packing),g/cc
lb/fi
Particle Density (HgDisplace~en~), g/cc
Real Density (He Displacement), S/cc
Pore Volu~ (Within Particle), cc/t
Voido in Dense Packed Column,
Specific Heat at lO0°C
*Brunauer, Eaanett and Teller:
950-1050
0,48
30.00
0.75
2.10
0.85
36.00
0.25
JAm. Chem,Soc, 60,309 (1938)