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RESOLUTION NO. _________________
A RESOLUTION OF THE BAK ERSFIELD CITY
COUNCIL DISPENSING WITH FORMAL
BIDDING PROCEDURES IN THE PURCHASE OF
HON FURNITURE FROM STINSON STATIONER,
INC., AND AUTHORIZING THE USE OF
COOPERATIVE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE FURNITURE.
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, prices offered through national cooperative procurement contracts are generally less expensive than the prices for work, supplies, equipment or materials the City is currently paying; and
WHEREAS, purchasing work, supplies, equipment, or materials for the City through national cooperative procurement contract s is to the City’s economic advantage and in the City’s best interests; 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 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; and
WHEREAS, the process used to determine the vendors for the cooperative procurement contracts herein substantially comply with the City’s procurement process, including public advertisement for sealed bids and awards determined on the basis of best value.
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 - Page 2 of 3 Pages -
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.
4. The Finance Director or his designee is authorized to purchase Hon furniture through OMNIA pursuant to the terms and conditions of Contract No.
R240117 with Stinson Stationer, Inc., a local vendor, and may be amended from time to time and including any options to renew that may be exercised by OMNIA.
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