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ROAD SALT, SODIUM CHLORIDE
(contract last updated 08/10/2012)
SCOPE: Contract for Facilities, Planning & Management (FP&M) for Sodium Chloride for the purpose of road maintenance.
CONTRACT # DESCRIPTION
10-5180 ROAD SALT, SODIUM CHLORIDE
CONTRACT ORIGIN: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
UW-Madison
Purchasing Services
21 N Park St, Ste 6101
Madison, WI 53715-1218		 UW-Madison users contact:
Brad Bauman
(608) 265-1462 FAX (608) 262-4467
bbauman@bussvc.wisc.edu
RESTRICTED TO: Restricted to: Facilities, Planning & Management (FP&M)
COOPERATIVE PURCHASING: NO
CONTRACT TERM: September 15, 2009 through September 14, 2013, unless amended, cancelled or rebid.
Vendor(s)
008644
Morton Salt
Ice Control Div
123 N Wacker Dr
Chicago  IL  60606 1743
     
Sales Representative: PHONE # FAX #
Debbi Jones 800-433-7258 X2900 312-807-2669
  PHONE # FAX #
Ordering/Expediting: 800-433-7258 X2900 312-807-2669
Invoice Information: 800-433-7258 X2900 312-807-2669
Returns: 800-433-7258 X2900 312-807-2669
Supplier Diversity Reporting: 800-433-7258 X2900 312-807-2669
Website: www.mortonsalt.com
Commodity Code 775-00
775-45
Federal Employee ID # (FEIN) 36-4140798
F.O.B.: “D” F.O.B. DESTINATION, FREIGHT PREPAID AND ALLOWED
Terms: N/30
Delivery: Between September 1, 2009 – August 31, 2010
Minimum Order: 20 ton dump truck minimum required
Invoicing: Invoices shall reflect contract pricing
Return Policy: CONTACT VENDOR
Orders: Fax, Phone
Back Orders: Will notify ordering department within 24 hours of order/release.
Pricing Information: SEE BELOW
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION
NET UNIT PRICE
1 Road Salt, Sodium Chloride
$68.24/ton*

*Prices good for one year only.  Additional years by mutual consent.

SPECIFICATIONS

1.        Quantities:
           The University shall purchase approximately 500 tons to be delivered as needed during the period commencing on September 1, 2009 through August 31, 2010.  The vendor must supply the University up to 150% of the quantity required at the price quoted in this bid.

2.        Material and Equipment Specifications: 
2.1         The material specified is sodium chloride to be used for winter road maintenance purposes.

2.2         Chemical and mixture specification:

              2.2.1         The delivered product may be a mixture and shall be comprised of no less than ninety-five percent (95%) rock salt by weight.

              2.2.2         The rock salt shall be comprised of no less than ninety-five percent (95%) sodium chloride.

              2.2.3         The delivered product at the time of delivery at a requested destination shall contain not more than two percent (2.00%) moisture. 

2.3         Physical Specifications

              2.3.1       The delivered product shall conform to the American Society of Testing Materials Specification, Designation: D-632, 5.1.1 (Type I, Grade 1) when tested by means of laboratory sieves as follows:

Sieve Size

Percent by weight of material passing

1/2”    (12.5   mm)

          100

3/8”    (  9.5   mm)

       95 to 100

No.4   (  4.75 mm)

       20 to 90

No.8   (  2.36 mm)

       10 to 60

No.30 (  600  µm )

         0 to 15

              2.3.2             The delivered product at the time of delivery at a requested destination shall be free flowing with sufficient non-caking additive incorporated into the mixture to keep it free flowing.

2.4         The University reserves the right to test material stored in stockpiles or indoors at distribution depots for compliance with chemical, mixture and physical specifications prior to awarding a contract.  Any such tests would be conducted during normal working hours and could be conducted throughout the term of the contract.  Material found to not meet chemical or mixture or physical specifications may be rejected.  The University test results are final.

2.5         Unloading equipment, if any, used at a delivery destination shall be capable of placing unloaded material a minimum of 15 feet from the discharge gate of the hauling unit to a height not less than 10.

Revision Order History:

AMENDMENT #1 (8/10/12): issued to: show extension in contract period to September 14, 2013.
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