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RESOLUTION N0. 4879
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
FINDING COMPETITIVE BIDDING TO BE IMPRACTICAL FOR THE
PURCHASE OF AN OLIVETTI UNDERtivOOD COMPUTER
The City Council of the City of Chula Vista does hereby
resolve as follows:
WiiEREAS, the City Council has heretofore budgeted the sum
o.f $4,246.00 in fiscal year 1968-69 to the 1-50 D-1 account of the
Engineering Division, and has designated said sum for the purchase
of a computer, and
WHEREAS, after a comprehensive investigation by the Pur-
chasing Agent and the representatives of the Engineering Division
it has been determined that there is a wide range iri the prices and
capabilities of computers, which is indicated by the price of $3,800.00
plus sales tax for the Olivetti Underwood computer which will satisfy
all of the requirements of the Engineering Division, to the next lowest
cost computer which sells for approximately $5,500.00, and does not
meet the needs of the Engineering Division as well as the Olivetti
Underwood computer, and
WHEREAS, after discussions with other governmental agencies
it has been found that many of these agencies and those corporations
doing business with governmental agencies have purchased Olivetti
Underwood computers, including the City of San Diego and the San Diego
Unified School District, and
WHEREAS, at the present time there are more than 120 Olivetti
computers in operation in the San Diego area, including those owned by
many private civil engineers with whom the Engineering Division has
has constant contact, and
WHEREAS, the relatively low cost of t}iis computer, combined
with its wide acceptance in this area thus assuring ready availability
to other computer sources and familiarity by other using agencies as
well as by private civil engineers ~.vith whom the Engineering .Division
undertakes much of its work has led the Purchasing Agent and the Director
of Public Wor}cs to recommend the purchase of the Olivetti Underwood
computer, and
'vdHEREAS, the Olivetti Underwood computer may be obtained
from only one source, thus making _formal bidding requirements both
impractical and virtually impossible.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Chula Vista, based upon the foregoing facts and reasons, and
the recommendation of the Purchasing Agent and the Director of Public
Works, does hereby find that competitive bidding for the purchase of
a computer for the use of the Engineering Division of the City of
Chula Vista to be both impractical and impossible, ar~d therefore, does
hereby waive formal bidding requirements.
BE IT FURTHER, RESOLVED that the Purchasing Agent be, and he
is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the distributor of
the Olivette Underwood computer for the acquisition of said computer
for the Engineering Division. of the City of Chula Vista.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the sum of $3,800.00 plus salea
tax from the $4,246.00 heretofore budgeted for the fiscal year 196II-69
in the 1-50 D-1 account of the Engineering Division be, and the same
is hereby authorized and encumbered for the purchase of said Olivette
Underwood computer.
Presented by Approved as to form by
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Lan F. le, irecto Public George D. indberg, City Attorney,
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ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY OF CHULA
VISTA, CALIFORNIA, this 20th day of August , 19 68 , by the
following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Sylvester, Hamilton, McCorquodale, McAllister
NAYES: Councilmen None
ABSENT: Councilmen None
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) ss.
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
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M yor of the City ~ Chula Vista
I, City Clerk of the City of Chula
Vista, California, DO~HEREBY CERTIFY that the above is a full, true and
correct copy of Resolution No. , and that the same has not been
amended or repealed. DATED .
City Clerk
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