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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH SUMMIT ELECTRIC SUPPLY CO., INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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Purpose and Recommended Action
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This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into a Linking Agreement with Summit Electric Supply Co., Inc., for electrical supplies in an amount not to exceed $150,000 for the entire term of the Agreement, and to authorize the City Manager to renew the agreement, at the City Manager's discretion, for an additional three, one-year renewals. The initial term of the agreement is effective until February 5, 2018.
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Background
The Agreement with Summit Electric Supply Co. Inc. will be used for the purchase of miscellaneous electrical parts, supplies, and tools for City of Glendale facilities on an as-needed basis.
Summit Electric Supply Co., Inc. was awarded a bid by the City of Tempe as described in the Electrical Supplies Contract and staff is requesting to utilize the cooperative purchase with Strategic Alliance for Volume Expenditures (SAVE). SAVE is a consortium of local municipalities in which Glendale is a member. Contract No. T16-101-03 was awarded on February 6, 2016 and is effective through February 5, 2018, and includes an option to renew the contract an additional three, one-year periods, allowing the contract to be extended through February 5, 2021.
Cooperative purchasing allows counties, municipalities, schools, colleges and universities in Arizona to use a contract that was 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 proce...
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