HomeMy WebLinkAbout1994-139-09/06/1994-EXCEPTION COMPETITIVE BID INSITUFORM PLAINS INC REPAIR EXISTING SEWER MAINS SEWER SLEEVING RESOLUTION 94-139
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING THE ACQUISITION OF GOODS AND SERVICES
FROM INSITUFORM PLAINS, INC. , FOR THE
REPAIR OF EXISTING SEWER MAINS
WHEREAS, Insituform Plains, Inc. ("Insituform") provides a sewer sleeving
method that has been used previously by the City's Wastewater Utility Department
as a viable method for sewer main rehabilitation; and
WHEREAS, the Wastewater Utility has conducted research that shows
Insituform's method is more cost effective and less disruptive to citizens,
businesses and traffic than the conventional method of excavation and replacement
of sewer mains; and
WHEREAS, previous attempts to bid for this service have resulted in two
bids being received; one bid from Insituform and the other from Inliner USA; and
WHEREAS, the product of Inliner USE is not ASTM (American Standard Testing
Method) approved and, therefore, its reliability is not known; and
WHEREAS, funds have been budgeted and approved in the Wastewater Utility
budget for 1994 for the 1994 portion of this procurement; and
WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (1) (a) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
authorizes the Purchasing Agent to negotiate the purchase of materials 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 only one responsible
source exists for this procurement, and the Purchasing Agent has submitted the
requisite justification to the City Manager for approval ; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and approved the justification for
this sole source acquisition; and
WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (3) of the Code of the City requires approval of
this purchasing method by the City Council for items costing more than Fifty
Thousand Dollars ($50,000) prior to acquisition.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the following acquisition of goods and services from Insituform Plains,
Inc. , for the relining of certain existing City sewer mains, is hereby approved:
1. Goods and services during 1994 at a cost not to exceed One Hundred
Ninety Thousand Dollars ($190,000) ; and
2. Goods and services during 1995 at a cost not to exceed One Hundred
Seventy-five Thousand Dollars ($175,000) , subject to the subsequent
appropriation of sufficient funds in 1995 for this procurement. ,
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Cit ncil held 6th
day of September, A.D. , 1994.
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ATTEST:
City Clerk