Title
Citywide Maintenance, Repair, and Operating Supplies Cooperative Purchasing Contracts
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies from cooperative contracts,
B. Approve a unit price contract with W.W. Grainger for the purchase of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies for a term of one year under OMNIA Partners contract 192163,
C. Approve a unit price contract with Fastenal Company for the purchase of maintenance, repair, and operating supplies for a term of one year under OMNIA Partners contract 2018.000208, and
D. 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 contacts.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Phil Reiger, General Services
Kay Elmore, General Services
Explanation
§ City departments require various maintenance, repair, and operating supplies for daily operations, including but not limited to hardware, hand tools, material handling products, motor and hydraulic parts, lighting, pumps, fasteners, lumber, and appliances.
§ G.S. 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; reduce administrative costs; and access professional and technical expertise.
§ Total annual expenditures are estimated to be $2,500,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
These are cooperative purchasing contracts and are exempt (Part A: Appendix 27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Various Departments’ Operating Budgets