AGENDA REPORT
DATE: January 12, 2026
TO: City Commission
FROM: Bill McDaniel, City Manager
SUBJECT: Source Purchasing Contract with Flo-Tec Automation Associates, Inc.
as a provider of Aqua-Solv for Utilities Operations.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
For the last 44 years, the chemical Aqua-Solv has been used with great success for water treatment of lead and copper control for Utilities Operations. Aqua-Solv SC is a proprietary chemical that Flo-Tec Automation Associates, Inc. (Flo-Tec) manufactures.
Flo-Tec was approved by the City Commission on December 14, 1981, and has provided the polyphosphate compound Aqua-Solv SC since then. The City uses the compound to comply with state and federal regulations for lead and copper control in the City's Drinking Water System. Aqua-Solv SC is approved by the Hillsborough County Health Department as a corrosion control reagent in drinking water. Providing safe drinking water is a primary objective of Utilities, and utilizing this compound has continued to meet that objective over the years.
This action will extend a supplier agreement with Flo-Tec that expired on December 31, 2025, through December 31, 2026, with four one-year extensions, each to be mutually approved by the City Manager and Flo-Tec.
The Procurement Department published Notice of Intent to Sole Source (NOI) 26-010UO-MD-NOI on November 13, 2025, to November 20, 2025, and no objections were received.
RECOMMENDATION:
That the City Commission authorize the City Manager to execute a contract and subsequent annual extensions with Flo-Tec Automation Associates, Inc. of Largo, for the Purchase of Aqua-Solv SC, for an estimated annual value of $180,000. This would also include all gap purchases made from the date of our last sole-source agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds are available in the Water/ Sewer Fund, Org. # 40257801, Obj. # 452210 - Utilities Operations: Chemicals.
Prepared by: Lynn Spivey, Director Utilities Departmen...
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