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RESOLUTION NO. ______________
A RESOLUTION OF THE BAKERSFIELD CITY
COUNCIL DISPENSING WITH FORMAL BIDDING
PROCEDURES IN THE PURCHASE OF BUSINESS
OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL SERVICES FROM
LIFE SCAN WELLNESS CENTERS AND
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF THE
SERVICES IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
3.20.060(D)(6) OF THE BAKERSFIELD
MUNICIPAL CODE.
WHEREAS, the City’s Fire Department requires occupational medical services to support the health, safety, and fitness for duty of its firefighters; and WHEREAS, firefighters are subject to unique physical demands and occupational exposures that warrant specialized medical evaluations and services in addition to the Department’s existing occupational medical program; and WHEREAS, Life Scan Wellness Centers provides specialized occupational medical services for firefighters, including comprehensive hands-on physical examinations, Purified Protein Derivative (PPD) testing, Behavioral Health Assessments, and documentation through Life Scan’s proprietary National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) electronic medical records (EMR) system; and WHEREAS, the City desires to supplement its existing occupational medical services with Life Scan Wellness Centers’ specialized services to provide comprehensive occupational medical services and behavioral health assessments to the City’s firefighters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Modesto has entered into a cooperative agreement with Life Scan Wellness Centers for occupational medical services; and WHEREAS, the City has confirmed that the underlying contract includes language allowing other governmental entities to participate, thereby authorizing this piggyback purchase; and
WHEREAS, purchasing work, supplies, equipment, or materials for the City through cooperative procurement contracts is to the City’s economic advantage and in the City’s best interests; and
WHEREAS, Bakersfield Municipal Code Section 3.20.060(D)(6) allows the City to dispense with bidding procedures when it is determined that work, supplies, equipment or materials are not available from local vendors and that it is in the best interests of the city, and to the city's economic advantage that such -- Page 2 of 3 Pages --
work, supplies, equipment or materials be obtained at the lowest possible cost for the quality needed by entering into a city, county, state or federal government cooperative procurement contract that was competitively awarded by another governmental agency within the last 36 months or is one that is still current and active; and
WHEREAS, the process used by the City of Modesto to determine the vendor for the cooperative procurement contract for occupational medical services substantially complies with the City’s procurement process, including public advertisement for sealed bids and awards determined based on 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 incorporated herein by this reference.
2. The Council finds that work, supplies, equipment or materials are not available from local vendors and that it is in the best interests of the City, and to the City’s economic advantage that such work, supplies equipment, or materials be obtained at the lowest possible cost for the quality needed by entering into a city, county , stat or federal government cooperative procurement contract that was competitively awarded by another governmental agency withing the last 36 months or is on that is still current and active.
3. The Finance Director or his designee is authorized to dispense with bidding in accordance with section 3.20.060(D)(6) of the Bakersfield Municipal Code and to negotiate the purchase of same.
4. The Finance Director or his designee is authorized to purchase occupational medical services by use of piggyback pricing pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Occupational Medical Services Agreement No. 326743 between the City of Modesto and Life Scan Wellness Centers based on Request for Proposal (RFP) #2026-252 and may be amended from time to time and including any options to renew that may be exercised by the City of Modesto.
5. The Finance Director or his 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. ---------------oooOooo--------------
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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: COUNCILMEMBER: ARIAS, GONZALES, WEIR, SMITH, KOMAN, BASHIRTASH, KAUR NOES: COUNCILMEMBER: _______________________________________________________________ ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER: ________________________________________________________________ ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER: ________________________________________________________________
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JULIE DRIMAKIS, MMC
CITY CLERK and Ex Officio of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED __________________
By: ___________________________
KAREN GOH
Mayor
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By: ___________________________
VIRIDIANA GALLARDO-KING
Deputy City Attorney