RFQ 2611 - Bulk Liquid Lime

Agency:	East Bay Municipal Utility District
State:	California
Type of Government:	State & Local
NAICS Category:	325120 - Industrial Gas Manufacturing
Posted Date:	Nov 12, 2025
Due Date:	Dec 3, 2025
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EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ) No. 2611

for

BULK LIQUID LIME

Contact Person: John W. Grimes, Buyer II

Phone Number: (510) 287-0316

E-mail Address: john.grimes@ebmud.com

For complete information regarding this project, see RFQ posted at

https://www.ebmud.com/business-center/materials-and-supplies-bids/current-requests-

quotation-rfqs/ or contact the EBMUD representative listed above. Please note that prospective

bidders are responsible for reviewing this site during the RFQ process, for any published addenda

regarding this RFQ.

Bids Due

2:00 p.m.

December 3, 2025

All bid submissions hand delivered or mailed (USPS, FedEx, UPS, etc.) to the address or

PO Box noted below and must be received no later than 2:00 p.m. on the bid due date.

RESPONSE DELIVERED BY SERVICE

(UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc., during

business hours: 8:00 AM – 3:30

PM only) to:

RESPONSE DELIVERED BY MAIL

(U.S. Postal Service) to:

EBMUD–Purchasing Division

RFQ 2611 – BULK LIQUID LIME

375 11th Street

Oakland, CA 94607

EBMUD–Purchasing Division

RFQ 2611 – BULK LIQUID LIME

P.O. Box 24055

Oakland, CA 94623

RESPONSE HAND-DELIVERED

(during business hours: 8:00

AM – 4:00 PM only)

EBMUD–Purchasing Division

RFQ 2611 – BULK LIQUID LIME

Purchasing Office

375-11TH Street, 1st Floor

Oakland, CA 94607

REV: 9/23/25

EAST BAY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT

RFQ No. 2611

for

Bulk Liquid Lime

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. STATEMENT OF WORK ........................................................................................................... 3

A. SCOPE................................................................................................................................... 3

B. BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS .................................................................................................... 3

C. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................... 3

D. DELIVERABLES / REPORTS ................................................................................................... 5

E. FAILURE TO MEET SPECIFICATIONS..................................................................................... 7

II. CALENDAR OF EVENTS ........................................................................................................... 7

III. DISTRICT PROCEDURES, TERMS, AND CONDITIONS ................................................................ 7

A. RFQ ACCEPTANCE AND AWARD .......................................................................................... 7

B. BRAND NAMES, APPROVED EQUIVALENTS, DEVIATIONS, AND EXCEPTIONS .................... 8

C. PRICING................................................................................................................................ 8

D. PRICE ADJUSTMENTS........................................................................................................... 9

E. NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD AND PROTESTS.................................................................. 9

F. METHOD OF ORDERING .................................................................................................... 10

G. TERM / TERMINATION / RENEWAL ................................................................................... 10

H. WARRANTY ........................................................................................................................ 11

I. INVOICING ......................................................................................................................... 11

IV. RFQ RESPONSE SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS AND INFORMATION ......................................... 12

A. DISTRICT CONTACTS .......................................................................................................... 12

B. SUBMITTAL OF RFQ RESPONSE ......................................................................................... 12

ATTACHMENTS

EXHIBIT A – RFQ RESPONSE PACKET

EXHIBIT B – INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS

EXHIBIT C – GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

EXHIBIT D – IRAN CONTRACTING ACT CERTIFICATION

REV: 9/23/25

BULK LIQUID LIME

I. STATEMENT OF WORK

A. SCOPE

It is the intent of these specifications, terms, and conditions to describe requirement to

furnish and deliver bulk liquid lime to the District’s Pardee Chemical Plant.

East Bay Municipal Utility District (District) intends to award a two (2) year contract with

three (3) options to renew for one-year periods to the lowest cost bidder(s) whose

response meets the District’s requirements.

B. BIDDER QUALIFICATIONS

1. Bidder Minimum Qualifications

a. Bidder, bidder’s principal, or bidder’s staff shall have been regularly

engaged in the business of providing chemicals for Water Treatment for at

least five (5) years.

b. Bidder shall be a certified or authorized chemical manufacturer, dealer, or

provider.

c. Bidder shall possess all permits, licenses, and professional credentials

necessary to supply product and perform services as specified under this

RFQ.

C. SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS

The bulk liquid lime shall conform to the following specifications:

Active Ingredient Concentration 4.7 lbs. solids/gallon

Ca(OH)2

11.2 lbs./gallon

0.42 lbs./lb slurry

Solids Content:

45% by weight

pH:

11.5 - 12.5, buffered

Density:

10.4 - 11.3 lbs./gallon

Specific Gravity:

1.25 - 1.35 g/cc

Viscosity*:

Freezing Point:

500 - 750 cps range

32oF

Particle Size:

99.9% Passing #30 mesh sieve

94.0% Passing #200 mesh sieve

Appearance:

Opaque/white odorless slurry

RFQ No. 2611

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BULK LIQUID LIME

2. All products submitted in response to this RFQ shall be certified as meeting all

requirements of NC/NSF Standard 60 “Drinking Water Treatment Chemicals -

Health Effects.” BIDDERS MUST SUPPLY WITH THE BID PROOF OF SUCH

CERTIFICATION.

3. Materials in Contact with Drinking Water

a. All materials, equipment, or products that will be in contact with drinking

water (potable water) shall be tested and certified as meeting the

specifications of NSF/ANSI 61 Standard in accordance with California Code

of Regulations, Title 22, Section 64591. Examples include, but are not

limited to, valves, pumps, flow meters, protective materials (coatings,

linings, liners), joining and sealing materials, pipes, tanks, pipe fittings,

filters, cleaning chemicals, and lubricants.

b. All materials, equipment, or products that will be in contact with drinking

water (potable water) shall be tested and certified as “lead-free” per

California Health and Safety Code Section 116875 and NSF 61 Annex G or

NSF 372.

c. All chemicals that will be in contact with drinking water shall be certified

by NSF to NSF/ANSI Standard 60.

d. For materials:

i. Documentation which demonstrates current NSF/ANSI Standard 61

certification shall be submitted by the bidder in their bid package.

ii. If awarded, contractor is responsible for informing the District

within 5 days, if and when their certification lapses or expires.

Failure to inform the District within the allotted time will be

sufficient grounds for immediate termination of the contract.

e. For chemicals:

i. Documentation which demonstrates current NSF/ANSI Standard 60

certification shall be submitted by the bidder in their bid package.

ii. If awarded, contractor is responsible for informing the District,

within 5 days, if and when their certification lapses or expires.

Failure to inform the District within the allotted time will be

sufficient grounds for immediate termination of the contract.

RFQ No. 2611

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BULK LIQUID LIME

D. DELIVERABLES / REPORTS

1. Each delivery shall be accompanied by delivery ticket/receipts that demonstrate

NSF 60 compliance and a certificate of analysis or delivery may be refused and

payment delayed.

2. The District has in place at the delivery site two holding tanks for the bulk liquid

lime, each with a capacity of 10,000 gallons. Contractor must blow all air lines

clear before and after transfer of the lime to the District.

3. Generally, delivered product must be free of any foreign matter, debris or

solidified or congealed solids. The liquid lime receiving station at the Pardee

Center Chemical Plant is equipped with a basket strainer with a 1/8th inch mesh

(equivalent to a #6 or #7 mesh size) within a spill containment vessel. The

supplier’s delivery driver must pump the delivered product through this strainer

to the liquid lime storage tank. After each delivery, the supplier’s delivery driver

must open the basket strainer housing and clean and flush the strainer basket so

it is ready for the next delivery. It will be the responsibility of the supplier to

remove and clean any excess material that is caught in the strainer, or backed up

in any of plumbing from the connection at the receiving station to the storage

tank. The cleaning of any spilled, sprayed or splashed liquid lime product in and

around the liquid lime receiving station, in the containment vessel under the

receiving station and the tanker truck off-loading bay will be the responsibility of

the supplier. All cleanup of lime material from these facilities must be done so

that all waste lime materials are collected and contained in sealable buckets so

they can be hauled away by the delivery driver. The delivery driver should leave

the site clean and orderly after each and every delivery. Further, any excess liquid

or dry product removed from the receiving station plumbing and/or the truck

offloading area must be hauled away from the site by the supplier’s delivery

driver and disposed of in an environmentally safe and legal manner.

4. Deliveries shall be made, F.O.B. destination, EBMUD, Pardee Chemical Plant,

3535 Sandretto Road, Valley Springs, CA 95252, between the hours of 7:00 a.m.

and 3:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except District holidays.

5. The District may make calls for emergency, weekend, or holiday deliveries.

Contractor shall make delivery within 48 hours, as requested by the District.

Contractor should quote costs for emergency, weekend, or holiday deliveries as

indicated on the Bidding Sheet, page BS/1.

6. Supplier must provide 2 large letter self-adhering labels for the District’s liquid

lime storage tanks for identifying their product contained therein. Also, supplier

must provide all required NFPA placarding with correct numbering and markings

for the tanks and the exterior of the building including 6 self-adhering sets

RFQ No. 2611

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