HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 1987-13309 RESOLUTION NO. 13309
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA DETERMINING THAT COMPETITIVE
BIDDING IS IMPRACTICAL OR IMPOSSIBLE AND
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO ENTER TO
AGREEMENTS FOR THE PURCHASE AND MAINTENANCE OF
COMPUTER HARDWARE FOR THE CHULA VISTA CITY
LIBRARY
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WHEREAS, the Fiscal Year 1987-88 budget allocated
~48,886 for the purchase of one new 192 megabyte disk drive and
its attendant service agreements, and
WHEREAS, On October 13, 1987, the City Council approved
a phase-out contract with the San Diego County Library System,
which will bring the two County branches located in the City of
Chula Vista into the Chula Vista Public Library's operations by
July 1, 1988, and
WHEREAS, these obligations were not anticipated in the
calculation of the budget needs for computer hardware at the time
of formulation of the budget, and
WHEREAS, at the time of formulation of the budget, the
system vendor, OCLC, only provided new, not refurbished,
equipment and its maintenance, and
WHEREAS, OCLC can now provide refurbished hardware
satisfactory to the City's Data Processing Manager at
approximately half the cost of the new hardware, and
WHEREAS, separate purchase of the hardware through
another vendor would require the cost of certifying the said
equipment and renegotiation of all service agreements at a higher
costs, and
WHEREAS, OCLC is the sole source of software and
hardware support of this customized automated library system and
the Library requests a waiver of the bid process and
authorization to purchase the requested hardware and services
through OCLC, and
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WHEREAS, Chula Vista Municipal Code Section 2.56.070
requires competitive bidding for contracts where the estimated
costs exceeds $16,000 unless the City Council, by resolution
expressed in its official minutes, determines that competitive
bidding is impractical or impossible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of
the City of Chula Vista finds that the purchase of the below
stated refurbished and certified hardware and related service
agreements are to the financial advantage to the City through
OCLC as sole provider because separate purchase of the hardware
through another vendor would require renegotiation of all service
agreements at a higher cost.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of Chula Vista determines that competitive bidding is impractical
or impossible, and it is hereby resolved and ordered that the
Purchasing Agent of the City of Chula Vista is authorized to
purchase the following hardware and support maintenance services
from OCLC, the sole source provider, for the following amounts:
2 Data General 192MB Disk Drives,
Refurbished ~10,000.00
11MB Memory Board 10,070.00
10CLC Operating System Upgrade 1,000.00
8 192MB Dysan Disk Packs 5,172.80
Data General Installation 2,200.00
OCLC Hardware Maintenance 4,320.00
TOTAL ~32,762.80
Presented by Approved as to form by
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
u, ,ULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 3rd day of. November
19 87 , by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmembers McCandliss, Malcolm, Nader, ~ore, Cox
NAYES: Councilmembers None
ABSTAIN: Councilmembers None
ABSENT: Councilmembers None
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S~ATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC, CITY CLERK of the City of Chulo Vista, California,
DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUT ION N0. 13309 ,and that the same has not been amended or repealed
DATED
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