TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 33519 with Walters Wholesale Electric Company, of Long Beach, CA, and Contract
No. 33518 with Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA, for furnishing and delivering as-needed electrical supplies, to extend the term of the contract to November 30, 2021. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to amend Contract No. 33519 and Contract No. 33518, with Walter’s Wholesale Electric Company (Walter’s) and Consolidated Electric Distributors, Inc. (Consolidated), respectively, for furnishing and delivering as-needed electrical supplies, to extend the term to November 30, 2021. The unexpected impacts created by the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the capacity and ability of City staff to prepare and release a formal Invitation to Bid (ITB). The contract extensions will provide adequate time to complete a formal solicitation in accordance with procurement policies and procedures.
On September 16, 2014, the City Council adopted Specifications No. ITB LB14-110 and awarded contracts to Walter’s and Consolidated, to furnish and deliver as-needed electrical supplies, in an aggregate amount of $650,000, with a 10 percent contingency of $65,000. for a total aggregate amount not to exceed $715,000, for a period of two years, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods.
On August 16, 2016, the City Council amended Contract No. 33518 with Consolidated and Contract No. 33519 with Walter’s, to increase the aggregate contract amount by $400,000, for a total amount not to exceed $1,115,000, for the period ending October 1, 2016, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, at an annual aggregate amount of $700,000, with a 10 percent contingency of $70,000, for annual aggregate amount not to exceed $770,000.
On October 9, 2018, the City Council approved the City Manager to execute interim Blanke...
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