TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute contracts with Lowe’s Home Center, LLC, of Mooresville, NC, and Grainger W.W., Inc., of Lake Forest, IL, for furnishing and delivering hand tools, automotive tools, specialty tools, hardware, and miscellaneous items, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Region 4 Education Service Center, of Texas, through Omnia Partners, formerly National IPA, in an annual aggregate amount of $800,000, with a 15 percent contingency of $120,000, for total annual aggregate amount not to exceed $920,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into contracts with Lowes Home Center, LLC (Lowe’s), and Grainger W.W., Inc. (Grainger), for hand tools, automotive tools, specialty tools, hardware, and miscellaneous items, for use by various City departments.
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 voluntary and selective basis when authorized by a Resolution of the City Council.
The Purchasing Division in the Financial Management Department researched procurement options for hand tools, automotive tools, specialty tools, hardware, and miscellaneous items. Lowe’s and Grainger were selected under the Region 4 Education Service Center (ESC) agreement, through Omnia Partners, formerly National IPA.
Lowe’s was selected based on their competitive pricing, service levels, breadth of product offering, and local economic impact. Lowe’s can manage high frequency, small volume, and will call orders for a wide variety of materials used for special projects that would be impractical to bid individually. Purchases under this contract are...
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