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Recommendation to adopt Specifications RFP No. FM12-009 authorizing City Manager to execute an agreement and any amendments thereto with Complete Office of California, Inc., of Garden Grove, CA (not an MBE, WBE, SBE or Local), for a Citywide office supply program, in an annual amount not to exceed $1,300,000, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to authorize the City Manager to execute an agreement for the purchase of environmentally preferable office supplies for all City departments, including the Water Department and the Harbor Department. Complete Office of California, Inc. (Complete Office), will provide the departments with a core list of environmentally preferable office supplies with fixed pricing, customized user-friendly online ordering and reporting system, desktop delivery service, a company representative who will establish office hours at City Hall, as well as other facilities, to provide customer service support and establish a "green" marketing campaign to educate users on environmentally preferable office products.
On February 2, 2010, City Council adopted the Long Beach Sustainable City Action Plan, which calls for Citywide support in creating a more sustainable Long Beach. At that time, the Purchasing Division created a Sustainable Office Supplies (SOS) Program in support of the Sustainable Action Plan. The SOS program focused on green initiatives through the City's previous office supplier contract, which included the substituting of non-green products for green products automatically and to limit the number of delivery days each week from five to two days, to reduce emissions associated with product transportation. This proposed agreement with Complete Office will advance the initiatives of the SOS Program to broaden the use of environmentally preferable office supplies and take steps tow...
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