QUICKLIME

Board of County Commissioners · 2026-07-21 · resolution

Resolution approving award of Contract No. EVN0013501, Quicklime, to Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc. in the amount of $124,080,000.00 for a five-year term for the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department. The contract is for the purchase and delivery of quicklime (calcium oxide, CaO) in bulk by truck and railcar for water treatment operations at the County's three regional water treatment plants: John E. Preston, Hialeah, and Alexander Orr. The item was introduced on 4/22/2026, forwarded to the BCC with a favorable recommendation by the Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology Committee on 6/10/2026, and is scheduled for the Board on 7/21/2026 as agenda item 8P3. The contract replaces Contract No. FB-01772, approved via Resolution No. R-767-21. The recommended vendor is Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Inc. The vendor not recommended for award is Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC, because it was higher than the lowest bid. The current contract is valued at $84,156,816 for a five-year and three-month term and expires on October 31, 2026. The proposed contract reflects updated unit prices of $596.28 per ton (truck) and $577.30 per ton (rail). WASD requires approximately 42,000 tons of quicklime annually. WASD treats an average of approximately 320 million gallons of drinking water per day, with a total system treatment capacity of approximately 439 million gallons per day. An Invitation to Bid was issued on March 9, 2026, and on the closing date of March 31, 2026, the County received two bids. A total of 188 vendors were notified. No certified Small Business Enterprise firms were able to meet the solicitation requirements. The scope of this item is countywide in nature. The fiscal impact for the five-year term is $124,080,000, funded by Proprietary Funds from the FY 2025-26 Adopted Budget, Vol. 3, Page 100, Other Operating. The contract manager is Susan Pascul. The Procurement Contracting Manager is Manuel Jimenez of the Strategic Procurement Department. The vendor principal address is 11 Stanwix St, Floor 21, Pittsburgh, PA. The vendor has 0 Miami-Dade employee residents, 0% percentage. The vendor principal is Jack Fahler. Due diligence was conducted with no adverse findings. The two percent User Access Program applies where permitted by funding source. The SBE Bid Preference and Local Preference applied. The Living Wage Ordinance does not apply. The item was assigned to the County Attorney on 4/24/2026, assigned to Jose I. Ortega on 4/27/2026, and assigned to the County Attorney on 6/2/2026. The report notes: SPD - No sponsor - pending May cmte - No county attorney - no attachments - pgs 5.