HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990-164-11/20/1990-PURCHASE EQUIPMENT TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPUTER WINKOMATIC/MULTISONICS RESOLUTION 90- 164
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
APPROVING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE BID PROCESS
FOR THE PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC CONTROL COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
FROM WINKOMATIC/MULTISONICS
WHEREAS, the Transportation Department has conducted research into
purchasing computer traffic control equipment to upgrade the existing system;
and
WHEREAS, the research indicated the following:
1 . Only three (3) manufacturers produce comparable traffic control
systems and each system is incompatible with the others.
2. The City has a present investment of $4.5 million in its exiting
system and nearly all of that system will remain in use along with
the upgrade.
3. Switching to an alternate manufacturer would cost the City
approximately $2,000,000.
4. Components of the existing system which will no longer be used
are valued at approximately $33,000. Those items will be returned
to the manufacturer and their value deducted from the cost of the
upgrade.
WHEREAS, funds have been budgeted and appropriated in the Transportation
budget for 1990 for the acquisition of the upgrade; and
WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (1) of the Code of the City of Fort Collins
provides that a contract for materials may be awarded without competition if the
Purchasing Agent determines in writing that:
b. Although there exists more than one responsible source, a
competitive process, if used, will result in a substantially higher
cost to the city; and
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Agent has determined in writing that this purchase
is within the purview of this exception to the competitive sealed bidding and/or
proposal requirements of the City Code and Charter and has submitted the
determination to the City Manager for approval ; and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed and approved the determination for
this purchase; and
WHEREAS, Section 8-160(d) (3) requires the City Manager to submit all such
exemptions which exceed a cost of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to the City
Council in an open meeting for final approval .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
that the purchase of the traffic control computer upgrade from the manufacturer,
Winkomatic/Multisonics Corporation, as an exemption from the competitive process
at a cost not to exceed One Hundred Twenty-nine Thousand Dollars ($129,000) is
hereby approved.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort
Collins held this 20th day of November, A.D. 1990.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
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