Title
Citywide Elevator Equipment, Maintenance, and Repair Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of elevator equipment, maintenance, and repair services from cooperative contracts,
B. Approve unit price contracts for the purchase of elevator equipment, maintenance, and repair services for a term of three years under Sourcewell cooperative contracts with the following:
- Schindler Elevator Corporation (contract #050224-SCH),
- ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation (contract #050224-TKE), and
C. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contracts for additional terms as long as the cooperative contracts are in effect, at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contracts.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Phil Reiger, General Services
Shelia Anderson, General Services
Explanation
§ City facilities have numerous elevators, escalators, and moving walkways, which require regular maintenance as well as on-call, immediate response maintenance in the event of failures.
§ NC General Statute Section 143-129(e)(3) allows local governments to purchase from formally organized cooperative purchasing contracts.
§ A cooperative purchasing agreement results from the consolidation and competitive solicitation of multiple public agency requirements. By aggregating common needs all agencies are able to leverage economies of scale, such as volume discounts, improved terms and conditions, reduced administrative costs, and access to professional and technical expertise.
§ Annual aggregate expenditures are estimated to be $7,000,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Cooperative purchasing contracts leverage contracts established by other governmental agencies and do not involve the city conducting a bidding process and are thus exempt from CBI Program goals. Subcontracting opportunities are typically not feasible under cooperative purchasing arrangements.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Various Departments’ Operating Budgets