TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract with Fastenal Company, a Long Beach-based business (not an MBE, WBE, or SBE), for the purchase of custodial paper products and janitorial cleaning supplies, under the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA) Master Service Agreement Contract No. 7-11-51-01, acting by and through the State of Nevada Contract No. 1862, in a total annual amount not to exceed $720,000, inclusive of tax and fees, for a period of one year, with an option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Fastenal Company (Fastenal), for the purchase of custodial paper products and janitorial cleaning supplies to support the ongoing custodial maintenance needs at various City facilities. The contract combines the estimated requirement for all facilities in order to secure pricing at the highest volume discount available.
Custodial paper products and janitorial cleaning supplies have previously been awarded as separate contracts. After thorough evaluation of the usage of the two contracts, it was determined that it would be in the City’s best interest to combine the contracts into one. This will enable a heightened level of convenience in ordering custodial supplies, as well as allow the City to receive more competitive pricing due to the higher volume of purchases.
City Charter Section 1802 provides an alternative procurement method by permitting the City to purchase or otherwise obtain services, supplies, materials, equipment and labor with other governmental agencies by purchasing under their contracts on a voluntary and selective basis, when authorized by a Resolution of the City Council. The Department of Financial Management, Purchasing Division, investigated procurement options with three vendors with cooperative purchase contract options. The selection process inv...
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