HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-006-01/19/2016-APPROVING AN EXCEPTION TO THE COMPETITIVE PURCHASING PROCESS FOR THE PURCHASE OF ANIMAL CONTROL SERV RESOLUTION 2016-006
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 2016
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 $895,393 for the one-
year term beginning February 1, 2016,- and
WHEREAS, City Code Section 8-161(d)(3) requires approval of this purchasing method
by the City Council for items costing more than Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($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 February 1, 2016, 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 Eight Hundred Ninety Five
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Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Three Dollars and Zero Cents ($895,393) in twelve (12)
monthly payments of$74,616 for the one-year term beginning February 1, 2016, 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 2021.
Passed and adopted at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Fort Collins this
19th day of January, A.D. 2016.
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