HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-130-08/16/1988-BILLING SYSTEM DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION HARDWARE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SYSTEMS SOFTWARE UTILITY RESOLUTION 88- 130
OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASING AGENT TO PURCHASE,
AS A CASE NOT REQUIRING BIDDING, DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION
HARDWARE, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
IN SUPPORT OF A UTILITY CUSTOMER SERVICE AND BILLING SYSTEM
WHEREAS, the City has conducted a competitive bid process for a
pre-written software package for a Utility Customer Service and Billing
System; and
WHEREAS, a software package by Moore Governmental Systems, Inc. was
recommended by the selection team as the system which best fits the City's
requirements; and
WHEREAS, a comprehensive evaluation process was conducted by staff to
determine the hardware platform which is not only required by the Utility
Customer Service and Billing System, but also best fits the City's
long-range strategy for corporate computing; and
WHEREAS, computer hardware and systems software from Digital Equipment
Corporation was recommended by the evaluation team; and
WHEREAS, this equipment is available only from Digital Equipment
Corporation; and
WHEREAS, funds have been budgeted and approved in the Utility Services
Funds for 1988; and
WHEREAS, Section 8-123(a) (4) of the City Code provides for the
purchase of items based on particular individual usage or professional
advice where it is not practical to secure the purchase by formal bid; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8-123(a) (4) of the Code, a case not
requiring the bidding of items to be purchased at a cost not exceeding
Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000) must be approved by the City Council .
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT
COLLINS that the Purchasing Agent be, and he hereby is, authorized to
negotiate, as a case not requiring bid, the purchase of computer hardware,
systems software, and professional services from Digital Equipment
Corporation at a cost not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Eighty-four
Thousand Dollars ($1,384,000) .
Passed and adopted at a regular meetin of th 'ty Council held this
16th day of August, A.D. 1988.
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