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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A LINKING AGREEMENT WITH VARSITY CONTRACTORS, INC., DOING BUSINESS AS VARSITY FACILITY SERVICES, TO PROVIDE CUSTODIAL SERVICES AT VARIOUS CITY FACILITIES
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 Varsity Contractors, Inc. dba Varsity Facility Services, to provide custodial services at various city facilities in an amount not to exceed $1,500,000 for the full term of the Agreement and to authorize the City Manager to renew the agreement, at the City Manager's discretion, for an additional five, one-year renewals. The initial term of the agreement is effective until March 31, 2018.
Background
The Custodial Services Division of the Public Works Department is responsible for providing the material and labor for custodial services to 32 city buildings representing 402,004 square feet of interior building space. The Custodian Services Division is currently staffed by four full time city employees, and is augmented with a custodial contractor.
Varsity Facility Services was awarded a bid by Maricopa County to provide janitorial services. 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. 170008-RFP was awarded by Maricopa County on April 1 2017 and is effective through March 31, 2020, and includes an option to renew the contract through March 31, 2023.
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 ...
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