Title
AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH FISHER SCIENTIFIC COMPANY, LLC, AND APPROVE THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS FOR LABORATORY EQUIPMENT AND TESTING SUPPLIES
Staff Contact: Craig Johnson, P.E., Director, Water Services
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a linking agreement with Fisher Scientific Company, LLC (Fisher), for the purchase of laboratory equipment and testing supplies (supplies) and approve expenditure of funds in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for the initial term; and authorize the City Manager, at his discretion, to extend the agreement for four additional one-year terms, in an amount not to exceed $250,000 for the entire term of the agreement. This cooperative purchase is available through an agreement between the State of Arizona and Fisher, contract NASPO MA 16000234-1, and can be extended through April 1, 2021.
Background
The Water Services Department provides safe and reliable water and wastewater services for City of Glendale residents and businesses. To provide this level of service and assure compliance to Federal and Arizona environmental permits, the Water Quality laboratory collects water, wastewater, and storm water samples and performs some 25,000 tests each year. Performing these tests require equipment, parts, testing reagents, and supplies.
Analysis
Cooperative purchasing allows counties, municipalities, schools, colleges, and universities in Arizona to use a contract that has been competitively procured by another governmental entity or purchasing cooperative. Such purchasing helps reduce the cost of procurement, allows access to a multitude of competitively bid contracts, and provides the opportunity to take advantage of volume pricing. The Glendale City code authorizes cooperative purchases when the solicitation process utilized complies with the intent of Glendale's procurement processes. The cooperative purchas...
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