SPC News

By Rita Kueny:

Winter’s Coming! SPC Extends Liquid Calcium Chloride Contract With No Increase

The Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC) Governing Board has approved the second of three possible, one-year contract extensions of the 2014-15 Liquid Calcium Chloride Program to Sicalco Ltd. of Hinsdale.  The contract extension will run from December 5, 2014 through December 4, 2015.  The SPC reserves the right to extend the contract for up to one additional one-year term upon mutual agreement of both the vendor and the Governing Board on a negotiated basis.  We are pleased to announce that there will be no price increase from Sicalco, which means prices are the same as when the contract was originally awarded in 2012 as follows:

 Sicalco handles all orders and billing directly.  Billing will include a line item for the SPC administrative fee of $.0194 per gallon.  For questions or additional information, please contact staff or Frank Sibr, 800-435-1919 or fsibr@sicalco.net.

SPC Announces Contract Extension & Price Increase on Sweepers

The Suburban Purchasing Cooperative (SPC) Governing Board has approved the final, one-year contract extension on the 2015 three-wheeled sweeper rear steer with front dump to Standard Equipment of Chicago.   The contract extension includes a price increase of 3.62% to $174,209.00.  The duration of the contract extension is January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.  For questions or additional information, please contact Standard Equipment Sales Manager Tom Markel at 312-706-9675 (direct), 312-208-6376 (cell) or tmarkel@standardequipment.com.