HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2021-011RESOLUTION NO. 2021-011
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF
VEHICLES, HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES, AND SPECIALIZED
EQUIPMENT VIA COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
PROGRAMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED ELEVEN
MILLION DOLLARS ($11,000,000) THROUGH JANUARY 31,
2026
WHEREAS, section 2.56.140 of the Chula Vista Municipal Code authorizes the City of
Chula Vista to purchase vehicles and equipment through cooperative purchasing agreements
with joint exercise power authorities where said vehicles or equipment are purchased through a
competitive process that the Purchasing Agent determines to be consistent with good purchasing
practices; and
WHEREAS, cooperative purchasing programs streamline the procurement process by
utilizing developed requests for proposals for national, competitive solicitations that meet or
exceed the City requirements; and
WHEREAS, the City would benefit from using the cooperative purchasing programs by:
Saving time and money by leveraging the buying power of thousands of
government, education, and nonprofit organizations;
Focusing on price, quality, reliability, warranties, and service while protecting
Citys interests with favorable terms and conditions;
Ensuring the agreements are competitively solicited and awarded using applicable
public procurement laws and regulations; and
Maintaining hundreds of competitively solicited cooperative contracts ready for
use.
WHEREAS, staff is requesting that the City Council authorize vehicle and equipment
purchases through the following four cooperative purchasing programs: (1) Sourcewell, (2)
Houston Galveston (HGAC), (3) NASPO ValuePoint, and (4) Omnia Partners; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has determined the listed cooperative purchasing
programs utilize practices that are consistent with good purchasing practices; and
WHEREAS, staff is also requesting that the City Council authorize vehicle and
equipment purchases through newly identified cooperative purchasing programs as they become
available, subject to Purchasing Agents determination that such cooperative purchasing
programs are consistent with good purchasing practices; and
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WHEREAS, the current replacement schedule for public services vehicles, heavy duty
vehicles, and specialized equipment includes over ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in
replacements from 2021 through 2026 and any purchases as part of this authorization will be
budgeted for as funding is available.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista
that it authorizes purchases of vehicles, heavy-duty vehicles, and specialized equipment through
the following cooperative purchasing programs: (1) Sourcewell, (2) Houston Galveston (HGAC),
(3) NASPO ValuePoint, (4) Omnia Partners, and (5) other cooperative purchasing programs that
the Purchasing Agent determines to be consistent with good purchasing practices, in a
cumulative not-to-exceed amount of eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) through the period
ending January 31, 2026.
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Presented by Approved as to form by
Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins
Deputy City Manager City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 19th day of January 2021 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2021-011 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 19th day of January 2021.
Executed this 19thday of January 2021.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk