HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-108-12/01/2020-APPROVING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PURCHASING PROCESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANIMAL CONTROL SERV RESOLUTION 2020-108
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PURCHASING
PROCESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANIMAL CONTROL SERVICES
FROM THE LARIMER COUNTY HUMANE SOCIETY FOR 2021
WHEREAS, Section 8-161(d)(1)(a) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins authorizes the
Purchasing Agent to negotiate the purchase of supplies and services without utilizing a competitive
bidding process where the Purchasing Agent determines that only one responsible source exists;
and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has determined that the Larimer Humane Society is the
only responsible source for the animal control services needed within the City,which shall include,
without limitation, professional animal control enforcement, public education, operation and
maintenance of an animal shelter, transportation of animals, and pick-up and disposal of dead
animals ("Animal Control Services"); and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has submitted the requisite justification for such
determination to the City Manager for approval; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and approved the justification for these
Animal Control Services; and
WHEREAS, the cost to purchase these Animal Control Services is $748,000 for the one-
year term beginning January 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 8-161(d)(3) requires approval of this purchasing method
by the City Council for items costing more $200,000 prior to acquisition; and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 8-161(d)(4) permits the Council to authorize the
Purchasing Agent to negotiate the additional purchase of Animal Control Services from the
Larimer Humane Society for up to four additional one-year terms after the initial one-year term.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS as follows:
Section 1. That the City Council hereby makes and adopts the determinations and
findings contained in the recitals set forth above.
Section 2. That the Council hereby approves,as an exception to the City's competitive
purchasing process, the purchase of Animal Control Services for a one-year term beginning
January 1, 2021, from the Larimer Humane Society to include, without limitation, the provision
of all necessary personnel trained in the area of animal control; the provision of uniforms to all
animal control enforcement officers;and the provision of humane and modern vehicles for the safe
transportation of animals, for a total payment of Seven Hundred Forty Eight Dollars and Zero
-1-
Cents ($748,000) in twelve(12) monthly payments of$62,333.33 for the one-year term beginning
January 1, 202I, together with retained impoundment and license fees.
Section 3. That the Purchasing Director may use this approval, as authorized in City
Code Section 8-161(d)(4), as the basis for negotiating the additional purchase of Animal Control
Services from the Larimer Humane Society for up to four additional one-year terms extending
through January 2025.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this 1st
day of December, A.D. 2020.
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