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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-01-17 Min - Board (5) RESOLUTION NO. 96,03 OF THE TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT DIRECTING TING THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING BE DISPENSED WITH IN I CONNECTION ONNECTION WITH UPGRADING THE DISTRICT'S EXISTING H� H ARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE CHANGES IN ELECTRIC METERING EQUIPMENT WHEREAS, the District purchased new meter reading hardware from Itron and upgraded its meter reading software provided by OrCom Systems, Inc. in 1992, and WHEREAS, the District purchased an IBM A S400 computer system in 1993 and at the same time purchased software, training and support services from OrCom Systems, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the District has decided that it is cost effective to implement new meter reading technologies, and WHEREAS, implementing new meter reading technologies will require modification to the District's existing meter reading hardware and software and training of staff to run the modified hardware and software provided by Itron and OrCom Systems, Inc.; and WHEREAS, the District's meter reading function has been converted to the current OrCom software and Itron hardware systems at great expense to the District, and WHEREAS, converting all of these software packages to another vendor's hardware and/or software system would not be desirable and would be very costly to the District, and WHEREAS, due to the facts set forth above, competitive bidding would be unavailing and would not produce an advantage to the District and the advertising for competitive bids would not produce an advantage to the District and would be undesirable; and WHEREAS, various California court decisions, including Graydon v. Pasadena Development AgenQ 104 C.A. 3d 631 (1980), hold that if the subject of a contract is such that competitive proposals would be unavailing or would not produce an advantage and the advertisement for competitive bids would thus be undesirable or impractical, a public agency may dispense with competitive bidding, and WHEREAS, Public Utilities Code Section 20206.4 generally requires that the District seek competitive bids in connection with the purchase of goods, and WHEREAS, the District finds that the computer hardware, software and support services more nearly resembles a special service, for which no competitive bidding is required, as opposed to a "good,"and WHEREAS, the Public Utilities Code Section 16034 and Government Code Section 53060 provide that the District may, without competitive bidding, contract for special services and advice in financial, economic, accounting, engineering, legal, administrative and professional matters if such persons are specially trained and experienced and competent to perform the special services required, NOW, THEREFORE, BE lT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors that for the reasons set forth above, the District finds that competitive bids for the upgrade of existing meter reading hardware and software would be unavailing and would not produce an advantage to the District and the advertisement for competitive bids would not produce an advantage to the District and would be undesirable and costly. BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED that the District finds that upgrading existing meter reading hardware, software and support services more nearly resembles a special service, for which no competitive bidding is required, as opposed to a "good." PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held within the District on the 17th day of January 1996 by the following roll call vote: AYES: Aguera, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Hemig. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. TRUCKEE DONN R PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Bya7 X—L . Peter L. Holzme ster, therk of the Board �,.� ATTE . Susan M. Craig, Deputy District C144*