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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1995-026-02/21/1995-COMMUNITY NETWORK ELECTRONIC ACCESS EXCEPTION COMPETITIVE BID FORTNET INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION PUBLI RESOLUTION 95-26 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AS AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WHEREAS, in the 1995 budget process, the City Council appropriated $200,000 to be extended for various computer-related needs of the City; and WHEREAS, $70,000 of this $200,000 is to be spent on services which provide the public with electronic access to City information; and WHEREAS, the City has been working with the Fort Collins Community Network ("FortNet"), a non-profit Colorado corporation, to develop a system to provide City information to the public electronically; and WHEREAS, because of the work that FortNet has done concerning public access to City information, FortNet is uniquely situated to utilize these funds to provide additional services for electronic access of the public to City information; and WHEREAS, Section 8-160 (d)(1)(b)provides an exception to the City's use of a competitive procurement process where there is more than one responsible contractor, where the use of a competitive process will result in a substantially higher cost to the City, will otherwise injure the City 's financial interest or will substantially impede the City's administrative functions for the delivery of services to the public; and WHEREAS, the City's purchasing agent has determined that if a competitive process were used to select a contractor to provide the public with electronic access to City information, this process would result in substantially higher cost to the City or would impede the City's delivery of this service to the public, and the purchasing agent has submitted this determination to the City Manager who has approved this procurement from FortNet; and WHEREAS, Section 8-160 (d)(3) of the City Code requires the City Manager to submit to the City Council for approval all procurements which are exceptions to the competitive procurement process that exceed a cost of$50,000. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS that the Council hereby approves the City's procurement from Fort Collins Community Network of services relating to providing the public with electronic access to City information in the amount of$70,000 as an exception to the City's competitive procurement process. Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council held 's 1st day of F a , A.D. 1995. Mayor City Clerk