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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 35671 with W.W. Grainger, Inc., of Lake Forest, IL, for furnishing and delivering maintenance, repair, and operations supplies and related materials, to increase the contract amount by $500,000, for a revised contract amount not to exceed $2,060,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 35671 with W.W. Grainger, Inc., to continue the furnishing and delivering maintenance, repair, and operations supplies and related materials.
On August 11, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. RES-20-0097 and awarded a contract to W.W. Grainger, Inc., for furnishing and delivering maintenance, repair, and operations supplies and related materials for a period of two years, with the option to renew for as long as the Omnia Partners contract is in effect. On May 24, 2022, the City Council authorized an increase to the contract amount not to exceed $1,560,000.
To respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, City of Long Beach (City) Departments have been utilizing the citywide contract to purchase COVID-19 related supplies to slow the spread of and combat COVID-19, including the Omicron variant, in the City. The current authorized amount of $1,560,000 under the current terms and conditions of the contract has been exhausted. The requested additional procurement authority of $500,000 will ensure continuity of service and that City Departments have access to maintenance, repair, and operations supplies and related materials unitl the end of the contract term on December 31, 2022.
This matter was reviewed by Principal Deputy City Attorney Rich Anthony on September 19, 2022, Purchasing Agent Michelle Wilson on September 2, 2022, and by Revenue Management Officer Geraldine Alejo on September 13, 2022.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action to amend Contract No. 35671 is requested on October 4, 2022, to ensure there is no...
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