HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN-08-023 - T08-007 - Janitorial Paper Products
Report To:
Mayor Carl Zehr & Members of Council
Date of Meeting:
2008-02-25
Prepared By:
Larry Gordon
Date of Report:
2008-02-20
Report No:
FIN 08-023
Subject:
T08-007 - Janitorial Paper Products
RECOMMENDA TION
That tender T08-007, Janitorial Paper Products, be awarded to Superior Solutions Inc.,
Cambridge, Ontario at their adjusted tendered price of $42,525.04, including P.S.T. and G.S.T.,
for one (1) year with an option to renew for a further three (3) one-year terms.
BACKGROUND
The City is implementing an environmentally responsible program which includes ensuring that
the janitorial paper products used are EcoLogo certified.
REPORT
Tenders were advertised publicly in The Record, the City of Kitchener web site and on the
Internet through the Ontario Public Buyers Electronic Tendering Information System. Sixteen
(16) potential bidders picked up tender documents, and by the closing date of Thursday February
14th, 2008, ten (10) tenders had been received. The low bidder, Swish Maintenance Limited of
London, ON did not meet the requirement of EcoLogo certification. EcoLogo is North
America's most widely recognized and respected certification of environmental leadership. The
EcoLogo certification is designed to support a continuing effort to improve and/or maintain
environmental quality by reducing energy and materials consumption and by minimizing the
impacts of pollution generated by the production, use and disposal of goods. Products life cycles
are evaluated and audited against these principles.
Two tenders had arithmetic errors which have been adjusted.
The following tenders were received:
Swish Maintenance Limited
Superior Solutions Inc.
Flexo Products Limited
Wood Wyant
Bruce Edmeades Co.
Windsor Factory Supply Ltd.
Weber Supply Co.
Morgan Scott Partnership
Weber Supply Co.
A vron Food Ltd.
London, ON
Cambridge, ON
Niagara Falls, ON
Pickering, ON
Kitchener, ON
London, ON
Kitchener, ON
Mississauga, ON
Kitchener, ON
Concord, ON
Original Bid Price
Adjusted Bid Price
$41,462.01
$53,016.17
$43,167.30
$49,708.59
$54,024.80
$56,424.57
$62,135.22
$62,406.94
$64,087.53
$87,495.30
$42,525.04*
$49,740.23
Superior Solutions Inc. and Wood Wyant were the only two tenders to submit products with
EcoLogo certification.
The tenders were reviewed by D. Hergott, D. Mitchell, and D. Robinson, Facilities Management,
and M. Palmer, Buyer, who concur with the above recommendation.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
Funding will be provided from various City indices.
Larry Gordon
Director of Purchasing