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Greater Allerton Utilities
PA · Sodium hypochlorite · 320,000 gallon/yr
Incumbent
Brenntag North America
Since Q3 2023
Contract length
36 months
Last award price
$1.18 / gallon
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Read
Allerton runs a single 32-MGD treatment plant on a 36-month hypochlorite contract. The current incumbent has held the lane since Q3 2023 at a price that sits roughly 6% above the regional median. The public bid record shows two competitive responses in 2023, both within 4% of the eventual award.
The next cycle opens Q3 2026 (RFP issuance expected late June, awards typically late August). Allerton is eligible under the KPN-PA cooperative purchasing agreement, which widens the field of acceptable suppliers but tightens the compliance documentation required at submission.
Allerton's council just approved a five-year capital plan with a treatment-plant expansion in year three. The expansion increases hypochlorite demand by an estimated 22%; bidders who can credibly commit to the higher volume schedule have leverage in scoring.
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Lane benchmark · Sodium hypochlorite
Twenty-four months of monthly median award price across the public bid record, with bid volume on the secondary axis. Allerton's last award sits inside the band but consistently above the median.
Top suppliers / lane share
- Hallweg Chemicals55.6% · 31 wins
- Univar Solutions22.4% · 39 wins
- Chemtrade Logistics9.4% · 17 wins
- USALCO5.5% · 32 wins
- PVS Chemicals3.4% · 18 wins
Lane facts
- YTD bid count
- 122
- Median contract
- 48 months
- Recent monthly median (last 3)
- $1.49 · $1.56 · $1.54
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Adjacent lane signal
Allerton runs hypochlorite as a primary disinfection agent and ferric chloride as a secondary coagulant aid. Bidders who propose a multi-lane discount have historically picked up a scoring bump in the procurement rubric.
Aluminum sulfate
452 bids
$1.28
↓ 0.2% YoY
Ferric chloride
342 bids
$0.88
↑ 2.5% YoY
Sodium hypochlorite
393 bids
$0.53
↑ 9.0% YoY
Polyaluminum chloride
170 bids
$0.63
↑ 4.2% YoY
Liquid alum
283 bids
$0.51
↓ 10.2% YoY
P25 to P75 rangeMedian
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Buyer bid history
Recent procurement activity from Allerton across all lanes. Use the cadence (annual, multi-year, ad-hoc) to estimate the likelihood of off-cycle activity and the political tolerance for incumbent switching.
| Published | Title | Lane | Status | Awardee | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 25 | Sodium hypochlorite supply supply | Sodium hypochlorite | cancelled | - | - |
| Apr 11, 25 | Hydrofluosilicic acid supply supply | Hydrofluosilicic acid | awarded | Hallweg Chemicals | $445K |
| Feb 10, 25 | Aluminum sulfate supply supply | Aluminum sulfate | pending | - | - |
| Feb 10, 25 | Polyaluminum chloride supply supply | Polyaluminum chloride | awarded | Polydyne Inc | $7956K |
| Jan 11, 25 | Ozone generation supply supply | Ozone generation | awarded | Olin Corporation | $636K |
| Jan 11, 25 | Liquid alum supply supply | Liquid alum | awarded | JCI Jones Chemicals | $2870K |
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Pursuit posture
Pursue this cycle?
Yes
Incumbent price sits above regional median; price-driven competitive response is plausible. The capital expansion gives a credible operational story to a higher-volume bid.
Suggested bid posture
Index
Index-pegged price with quarterly reset. Allerton accepted index pricing on the 2023 award; the procurement team is comfortable with the structure and it caps your downside in a rising market.
Counter-factual
Council
A change in council composition before RFP issuance would slow the capital expansion and weaken the multi-lane discount story. Watch the November municipal election.
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