Kinetic GPO - Chem International

Section 01 · What changes

The contract is a standing offer in a filing cabinet. The product is what buying feels like on a Tuesday

Already tendered. Ceiling priced. Ordered from the phone in your pocket.

In 2025, Kinetic GPO ran a public Request for Standing Offer for water treatment chemicals, supplies and services — posted on eight public bidding sites, evaluated by their contract team, and awarded. Chem International signed the resulting Master Agreement. What that means for the person who actually runs the lagoon, the boiler room or the plant is simple: the procurement work that normally stands between you and the product has already happened. BoilerGuard, LagoonGuard and FacilityGuard put the asset on your phone. This puts the buying there too.

Buying it the old way

Week 1

Scope the purchaseWrite a spec for four pails of lagoon treatment. Wonder whether three quotes are enough, or whether this needs to go out.

Week 3

Chase quotesTwo of three vendors respond. One quotes a different pack size. The comparison sheet is now its own job.

Week 6

The council question“Did we have to tender this?” Somebody drafts the sole-source memo, just in case.

Week 9

PO finally cutThe season the product was for is half over. The operator has been improvising since Week 2.

Buying it on Contract 25-06

Min 0

Need identifiedPails are low. The account, member pricing and documents already exist — the only new information is the quantity.

Min 2

Order placedFrom the phone, referencing Kinetic GPO Contract 25-06. No spec, no quote chase, no memo.

Same day

Acknowledged & verifiedQuote or confirmation checked line-by-line against the contract price schedule before it goes out.

48–72 h

Delivered with its papersStocked items in serviced regions, with SDS on every product and COA on bulk — the audit trail wrote itself.

Already tenderedThe competition happened before you needed itCompetitively solicited on eight public bidding sites and evaluated by Kinetic’s contract team — the compliance work is done.

Ceiling pricingPrices can move down, never upContract pricing is a not-to-exceed maximum, verified on every quote. Members keep complete control of negotiations.

Zero commitmentNo fees. No volumes. Not exclusiveMembership costs nothing, commits you to nothing, and never stops you buying anywhere else.

Third-party checkedChecked before it ever reaches youAward by open evaluation, product from ISO 9001:2015-certified manufacturing, documents with every delivery.

The award, in one sentence

Chem International, a division of Aliysha Enterprises Ltd., is an awarded supplier under Kinetic GPO RFSO 25-06 — Water Treatment Chemicals, Supplies and Services — September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, with renewal options through August 31, 2030. The standing offer is non-exclusive and open to every Canadian public-sector and MASH organization.

Section 02 · The app

Three orders in the same week, as they happen on the phone

Pick a moment. The screen and the buyer’s next move both change.

7:52

CI OrderDeskKinetic GPO · Contract 25-06

Member accountRiverbend · Public WorksMember · verified

Order

Quotes

SDS

History

Order A

What the buyer does next

Illustrative

Screens shown are illustrative of the CI ordering experience for Kinetic GPO members. Orders are placed today by phone, email or quote request and acknowledged the same business day; every quote is verified against the Contract 25-06 price schedule before it is issued. Delivery windows shown are for stocked items in serviced regions and are confirmed at quotation.

Section 03 · The desk

The browser view is where the month gets explained and the file stays complete

Same account, more room. Built for finance, the auditor, and the reorder that repeats.

The phone answers we need it now. The desk answers what did we buy, at what basis, and where are the papers. Every order carries its quote, its contract reference, its delivery record and its documents on one thread — which is the difference between month-end taking an afternoon and month-end taking a sentence.

Riverbend · all sitesUpdated 09:38

2 open ordersboth on schedule · tracking live

1 quote awaiting approvalfinance approves from this screen

Contract check · 100%every line at or under the 25-06 ceiling

Recent activity · one thread per order

ORD-2118

CI Sludge Shark ×4, CI Oxyboost ×2Quote → PO 2026-118 → shipped · SDS + COA attached

ORD-2117

Boiler compound · arena plantDelivered Tue · delivery record filed · ready to repeat

QTE-0441

Glycol top-up · recreation centreCeiling-verified · awaiting finance approval since 08:12

Representative desk view. Multi-site accounts get a rollup per site; single-site accounts get the same thread without the rail.

On the phoneThe part that happens standing up

Repeat an order from history in about ninety seconds
Flag an urgent order to the emergency lane
Track a shipment from the truck cab
Open the SDS at the shelf, not in the office

At the deskThe part that happens at month-end

Quotes with the contract reference already on them
Approvals without the email chain
Usage by site and by product, exportable
Every order’s documents on one thread for the auditor

1The paper trail assembles itself

Quote, PO reference, delivery record, SDS and COA file themselves against the order. The question “where’s the paperwork” stops being a question.

2The SDS binder is always current

Every product you buy carries its current sheet in the account — the binder in the office can retire with honour.

3The month-end report is a download

Usage by product, by site, by period. Finance reads it without having to be taught water chemistry first.

Section 04 · How to buy

Two paths in. Both end with a PO and a delivery, neither ends with a tender

One for members. One for the organization that has never heard of Kinetic until this page.

Path one · already a Kinetic member — five steps, most of them ours

1Send the need

Phone, email or quote request. A product name, a problem, or a photo of the label you are replacing is enough — a specification is not required.

2Same-business-day acknowledgment

A person answers, not an autoresponder. Urgent orders say so in the first sentence and ride the emergency lane.

3Ceiling-verified quote

Every line checked against the Contract 25-06 price schedule, freight included, with the contract reference already on the document.

4Order your way

A purchase order citing “Kinetic GPO Contract 25-06”, or the Kinetic Purchase Agreement where your policy requires one. Electronic signature is accepted.

5Delivery, with its papers

SDS with every product, COA with bulk, delivery record filed to the account. Set a reorder cadence if the usage repeats — or don’t.

+Kinetic on the call, if it helps

Kinetic’s team will join a call or a follow-up when a member wants the contract mechanics explained by the people who ran the solicitation.

Path two · not a member yet — four steps, no fees, no commitments

1Review the membership agreement

One document. It creates no fees, no volume commitments, and no exclusivity — membership is a key, not a contract to buy.

2Send it in

Signed form to membership@kineticgpo.ca. Any Canadian public-sector or MASH organization qualifies.

3Membership ID issued

The countersigned form comes back with your organization’s unique membership number — the number that goes next to the contract number on your file.

4Welcome call, then order

Kinetic books a short welcome call. Your first quote request can go in the same week — start at Path one, step 1.

Ready when the next drum runs lowSame-business-day acknowledgment · every quote verified against the contract schedule

Request a Kinetic contract quote

Section 05 · The contract

Six facts a procurement office will ask for, in the order they will ask

Everything below is on the public record with Kinetic GPO.

Contract

Kinetic GPO RFSO 25-06 · Water Treatment Chemicals, Supplies and Services. A standing offer, established by public competition.

WHO

Supplier of record

Chem International, a division of Aliysha Enterprises Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta · awarded supplier under the RFSO.

TRM

Term

September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2028, with options to renew through August 31, 2030.

ELG

Who may buy

Any Canadian public-sector or MASH organization — municipalities, schools and boards, colleges and universities, healthcare, housing, non-profits, utilities, provincial and Indigenous organizations.

PRC

Pricing basis

Ceiling “not-to-exceed” structure. Quotes are verified against the contract schedule and can be sharpened below it — members keep complete control of negotiations.

DOC

How orders are papered

Purchase order referencing the contract, or the Kinetic Purchase Agreement where required. Signed member agreements survive on their own terms.

What the standing offer does

Replaces the tender for in-scope purchases — the solicitation already ran
Gives members ceiling-protected pricing, verified on every quote
Lets an order be placed the day the need shows up, at any quantity
Keeps a compliant paper trail: contract number, quote, PO, delivery record
Brings Kinetic’s team onto a call whenever a member wants them there

What it does not do

Charge membership fees or set volume commitments — there are none
Make anyone exclusive — members buy elsewhere freely, and so may you
Move payment or credit to Kinetic — members transact directly with CI
Cover categories outside the water award — Kinetic runs separate contracts for those
Replace your own purchasing policy — it just gives it an easier road

Contract questions, Kinetic side

For contract mechanics, membership and eligibility, Kinetic’s contact for this award is Michelle McCarthy, Director of Supplier Engagement, Kinetic GPO. For product, quoting and delivery questions, call Chem International at 1-800-665-7287 — either door leads to the same answer.

Section 06 · What’s covered

The award category is water. Everything an operator calls water fits inside it

Five lanes, one contract number, and a straight answer for anything at the edge.

1Lagoon & municipal wastewater

Sludge reduction, bio-augmentation, odour and nutrient programs for lagoons, lift stations and collection systems — the CI360™ wastewater lane, watched by LagoonGuard.

2Boilers, closed loops & glycol

Boiler compounds, oxygen scavengers, closed-loop and glycol programs for shops, schools, arenas and plants — the systems BoilerGuard keeps on your phone.

3Plant chemistry & supplies

Treatment specialties and plant consumables from the CI catalogue, quoted with the documents a plant file expects.

4Testing, dosing & technical support

Site assessments, program design, training and dosing support — the services half of “chemicals, supplies and services.”

5Emergency & continuity supply

A pre-tendered backup channel with priority handling for public-sector and essential-service members when the usual channel fails.

?Adjacent needs — ask

Something near the edge of the category gets quoted case-by-case with contract scope confirmed in writing first. The answer is fast, and it is honest.

From the catalogue — a few of the names that ride this contract

CI Sludge SharkCI DigesterCI ChemzymeCI OxyboostCI RespondBoiler compound lineCI Alum Boiler TreatmentGlycol heat-transfer fluidsCI Permanganate – CAIROX®CI Soda Ash 58CI Alum 48Test kits & dosing supplies

Where this sits in CI SupportLab™

Four services, one idea: make the operator’s day shorter. LagoonGuard watches the basin, BoilerGuard watches the plant, FacilityGuard watches the building — and Kinetic GPO streamlines buying what those assets need. The monitoring tells you what to order; the standing offer makes ordering it a ninety-second job.

Section 07 · Quality checks

Checked three times before it reaches the shelf — and none of the checks are ours alone

Once at the tender. Once at the plant. Once at the quote.

1Checked at the tender

The RFSO was posted on Bonfire, Biddingo, SaskTenders, MERX, Alberta Purchasing Connection, SEAO, Bids & Tenders and BC Bids, and evaluated by Kinetic’s contract team — an open competition, with debriefs offered to every bidder.

2Compliant by construction

Kinetic’s contracting is compliant with CFTA, CETA, ATPP, the Ontario BPS Procurement Directive, OQTCA and NWPTA — the acronyms your procurement office checks first.

3Checked at the plant

CI products are manufactured in Edmonton under an ISO 9001:2015-certified quality system, from formulation through packaging and dispatch.

4Checked at the quote

Every quoted line is verified against the Contract 25-06 schedule before it goes out. SDS travels with every product; a certificate of analysis travels with bulk.

5Checked in the field since 1988

Thirty-seven years and three thousand institutional accounts across Western Canada — including municipal wastewater accounts that have reordered every year for two decades.

6Managed through the term

Kinetic actively manages awarded contracts — performance is monitored for the life of the agreement, not just at award.

What to measure once you’re buying — hold us to these

Acknowledgment time

Request received to a human reply. The standard is the same business day, and an emergency is one business hour.

Quote turnaround

Request to ceiling-verified quote with freight. Stocked packaged goods should be measured in days, not weeks.

Order to delivery

PO to product on the dock. Stocked items in serviced regions run 48–72 hours; anything different is said at quotation, not discovered after.

Document completeness

Deliveries arriving with SDS, and bulk with COA. The target is every one, because the auditor’s target is every one.

Contract-price verification

Quoted lines checked against the 25-06 schedule. One hundred percent, by procedure — it is how a ceiling means something.

Rush orders

Emergency purchases for products on a reorder cadence. Should fall toward zero as par levels get set from real usage.

Section 08 · Fit Check

Can your organization buy this way — and what would it actually look like?

Answer four questions. The readout is the path, not a pitch.

Eligibility for the standing offer is not complicated, but it is the first question every administrator asks and the last one anybody wants to research. Set your organization type, province and membership status, tick what you actually run, and the readout returns the eligibility verdict, the buying path in order, the delivery basis for your region, and the catalogue lanes worth a first quote.

Step 01 · your organizationProfile & what you run

Organization type Province or territory Kinetic GPO member already? Chemical orders per year, roughly

What you run

A lagoon, lift stations or collection systemSludge, odour, spring and fall turnover, the annual conversation about dredging. Boilers, closed loops or arena glycolA boiler room, a heating loop, or an ice plant somebody has to keep honest. A water or wastewater plant buying suppliesRecurring plant chemistry and consumables that arrive with paperwork expectations. Nobody in-house to interpret the testsResults exist; the person who reads them and sets the dose does not. A need for a backup supply channelOne supplier, no plan B, and a council that remembers the last stock-out. Audit or council scrutiny on purchasesEvery buy may have to be explained a year later, in one sentence, with a document.

Step 02 · your buying pathAnswer the four questions

Set the profile on the left, tick what your organization runs, and the readout will return the eligibility verdict, the path from here to a first delivery, and the catalogue lanes worth quoting first.

Screening tool

This is a screening tool, not a quotation. Eligibility and membership are confirmed by Kinetic GPO; product availability under the contract, delivered pricing and timelines are confirmed at quotation. Nothing here changes your organization’s own purchasing policy.

CI SupportLab™ pages describe how Chem International serves its customers; they are not procurement or legal advice. Chem International, a division of Aliysha Enterprises Ltd., is an awarded supplier under Kinetic GPO RFSO 25-06 — Water Treatment Chemicals, Supplies and Services — a non-exclusive standing offer that carries no volume guarantee. Application screens shown are illustrative representations of the member ordering experience; ordering today is by phone, email or quote request, acknowledged the same business day. Contract pricing is a not-to-exceed ceiling applied and verified at quotation; no pricing is published on this page. Membership and eligibility are confirmed by Kinetic GPO; product availability under the contract, delivered timelines and freight are confirmed at quotation. Confirm all product dilution, dosage and handling against current labels and SDS before use. Product names follow the Chem International catalogue on chemintonline.com.

Kinetic GPOPublic-sector buying, on your phone, without running a tender.