Title
Facility Fire Alarm Systems, Equipment, and Services
Action
Action:
A. Approve the purchase of facility fire alarm systems, equipment, and related services from a cooperative contract,
B. Approve a unit price contract with Johnson Controls Fire Protection LP for the purchase of fire detection, sprinkler, and suppression systems, and other building automation equipment and services, for a term of three years under Sourcewell contract #030421-JHN, and
C. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for additional terms as long as the cooperative contract is in effect, at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contract.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Phil Reiger, General Services
Kay Elmore, General Services
David Wolfe, General Services
Explanation
§ City departments will use this contract to purchase critical fire alarm systems, equipment, and related services to ensure the safety of City employees across all facilities.
§ 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 expenditures are estimated to be $2,000,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
This is a cooperative purchasing contract and is exempt (Part A: Appendix 1.27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: Various Departments’ Operating Budgets