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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH TRI-DIM FILTER CORPORATION FOR FILTER REPLACEMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AIR HANDLING UNITS
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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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 Tri-Dim Filter Corporation for filter replacement and maintenance of air handling units in an amount not to exceed $300,000 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 one, two-year renewal. The initial term of the agreement is effective until October 29, 2018.
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Background
The Agreement with Tri-Dim Filter Corporation will be used for filter replacement and maintenance of air handling units at City of Glendale facilities on an as-needed basis.
Tri-Dim Filter Corporation was awarded a bid by the City of Tucson as described in the Filter Replacement and Maintenance of Air Handing Units 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. 151294 was awarded on October 30, 2015 and is effective through October 29, 2018, and includes an option to renew the contract an additional one, two-year renewal, allowing the contract to be extended through October 29, 2020.
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 uti...
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