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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
CHARLES PARKIN, City Attorney
411 West Ocean Boulevard, 9th Floor
Long Beach, CA 90802-4664
RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LONG BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT WITH DRESSER
UTILITY SOLUTIONS, LLC, WITHOUT ADVERTISING FOR
BIDS, FOR FURNISHING AND DELIVERING GAS METERS
AND OTHER SERVICES AND PARTS IN A N ANNUAL
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $ 300,000 FOR A PERIOD OF
ONE YEAR WITH THE OPTION TO RENEW FOR FOUR
ADDITIONAL ONE-YEAR PERIODS
WHEREAS, for the last twenty-four years, the Energy Resources Department (“ER”) has installed Dresser Utility Solutions, LLC (“Dresser”) gas meters and instruments for residential and industrial customers in the City of Long Beach; and WHEREAS, purchasing Dresser gas meters and related se rvices and parts will maintain standardization of gas meters and will reduce stock requirements for multiple types of equipment; and
WHEREAS, ER’s staff is fully trained on the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Dresser gas meters which eliminates the need for additional staff training; and WHEREAS, Dresser Utility Solutions, LLC is the only distributor of Dresser meters and instruments and as a result, no useful purpose would be served by advertising for bids for furnishing and delivering these gas meters and other services and parts and to do so would constitute an idle and useless act and an unnecessary expenditure of public funds;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Long Beach resolves as follows:
Section 1. The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter a contract, RES-22-0201
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28 without advertising for bids, with Dresser Utility Solutions, LLC for the purchase of gas meters and other services and parts as may be required by the City for a period of one (1) year, with the option to renew for four (4) additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager, in an annual amount not to exceed Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000). If the sole source status of Dresser Utility Solutions, LLC changes, City shall publicly bid instead of extending the contract.
Section 2. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting this resolution.
I hereby certify that the foregoing resolution was adopted by the City Council of the City of Long Beach at its meeting of _____ N_o_ve_m_be_r_1_5 ______ , 2022 by the following vote:
Ayes:
Noes:
Absent:
Councilmembers: Zendejas, Allen, Supernaw, Mungo, Saro, Austin, Richardson.
Councilmembers: None. ------------------
Councilmembers: _P_r_ic_e-'-, _U_r_a....;ng"""a_. ___________ _ Recusal(s): Councilmembers: _N_o_n_e_. ______________ _ RFA:bg A22-03176 (10-06-2022)
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