Approve and award the purchase and delivery of Bid # 2009-936 Chemicals and Fertilizer Annual Contract.

Bid packets were mailed to area vendors on April 2, 2009.  A bid tabulation is attached for your review.

Bids opened Monday, April 20, 2009.

The low responsible bids were received as follows for the unit prices bid:

John Deere in Cleveland, Ohio:
Section One - Turf Chemicals
Items # 3, 4, 19, 25 and 33
Section Two - Fertilizer
Items # 6 and 12 

BWI in Houston, Texas
Section One - Turf Chemicals
Items # 1, 6, 9, 10, 11, 17, 20, 26, 27 and 35
Section Two - Fertilizer
Items # 3, 5, 8 and 11

CPS in Houston, Texas
Section One - Turf Chemicals
Items # 5, 8, 14 and 34
Section Two - Fertilizer
Item # 2

Estes Inc. in Houston, Texas
Section One - Turf Chemicals
Items # 2, 7, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30, 31 and 32
Section Two - Fertilizer
Items # 1, 4, 7, 9 and 10  

It is my recommendation to award the Chemicals and Fertilizer Annual Contract to John Deere, BWI, CPS and Estes, Inc. for the items listed per sections and the unit prices bid and that the is authorized to execute a contract on behalf of the City Commission.

Thank you.