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RESOLUTION NO. _________________
A RESOLUTION OF THE BAK ERSFIELD CITY
COUNCIL DISPENSING WITH FORMAL
BIDDING PROCEDURES TO PURCHASE OFFICE
SUPPLIES FROM STINSO N STATIONERS, INC.,
AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF
COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF OFFICE SUPPLIES.
WHEREAS, the City may enter into cooperative procurement contracts for work, supplies, equipment or materials without competitive bidding pursuant to Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 3.20.060(D)(7); and
WHEREAS, the City of Bakersfield desires to purchase office supplies under a contract; and
WHEREAS, the County of Kern solicited proposals for a contract to supply office supplies in February 2022; and
WHEREAS, Stinson Stationers, Inc. was the successful low bidder for the contract and has extended their bid prices to the City of Bakersfield as a cooperative procurement contract; and
WHEREAS, Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 3.20.060(D)(7) allows the City to dispense with bidding procedures when it is determined that work, supplies, equipment or materials are available from a local vendor that has successfully obtained a contract that was competitively awarded by another governmental agency within the last 36 months or is one that is still active and valid, as a participant in a cooperative procurement contract, and that it is in the best interests of the city, and to the city's economic advantage to purchase such work, supplies, equipment or materials from that vendor at the lowest possib le cost for the quality needed; and
WHEREAS, the process used to determine the vendors for the cooperative procurement contracts herein substantially complies with the City’s procurement process, including public advertisement for sealed bids and awards determined on the basis of best value.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. The Council finds that work, supplies , equipment, or materials are available from a local vendor that has successfully obtained a contract that was competitively awarded by another governmental agency within the last 36 months, or is one that is still active and valid, as a participant in a cooperative procurement contract, and that it is in the best interests of the city, and to the city's economic advantage to purchase such work, supplies, equipment, or materials from that vendor at the lowest possible cost for the quality needed.
3. The Finance Director or his designee is authorized to dispense with bidding in accordance with section 3.20.060(D)( 7) of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and to negotiate the purchase of same.
4. The Finance Director or his designee is authorized to purchase office supplies from the local vendor, Stinson Stationers, Inc., utilizing pricing established under County of Kern P rice Agreement No. 536, including any amendments thereto and an y renewal options exercised by County o f Kern and Stinson Stationers, Inc.
5. That the Finance Director or designee is authorized to negotiate and execute any documents that may be necessary to register with, and purchase work, supplies, equipment, or materials from, the vendors herein.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on ____________________________, by the following vote:
YES: COUNCIL MEMBER ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER ______________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER ______________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER _______________________________________________________________
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio Clerk of
the Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED _________________
By _________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By ______________________________
ASHLEY ZAMBRANO
Deputy City Attorney II