HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1989-10 - Board RESOLUTION NO. 8910
OF THE
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
DIRECTING THAT COMPETITIVE BIDDING
BE DISPENSED WITH IN CONNECTION WITH
THE DISTRICT'S PURCHASE OF
COMPUTER HARDWARE
WHEREAS, the District has determined the need to acquire an IBM
9332 External Disk Drive with 200MB of memory (disk drive) ; and
WHEREAS, the disk drive was included in the 1989 Budget; and
WHEREAS, Public Contract Code Section 20206.4 generally requires
that the District seek competitive bids in connection with the
purchase of goods; and
WHEREAS, various California court decisions, including Graydon M.
Pasadena Development Agency, 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 bid would thus be undesirable or
impractical, a public agency may dispense with competitive bidding;
and
WHEREAS, IBM offers to California local agencies a special
discounted price on computer hardware, which District staff has
concluded is a far more favorable price than is available through
any other IBM vendor; and
WHEREAS, the following price quotes for a disk drive of the type
described above have been received by the District: IBM $5,950,
Orcom Systems $8,500, Celtic Computers, Inc. $6,900 (used but
eligible for IBM maintenance) , Neptune $7, 132, thereby confirming
District staff conclusion; 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 advertisement for competitive bids and the delay
that would therefore result, would be undesirable;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors that for
the reasons set forth above, the District finds that competitive
proposals for an IBM Disk Drive would be unavailing and would not
produce an advantage to the District, and the advertisement for
r"' competitive bids, and the resulting delay, would be undesirable.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the District shall therefore dispense
with competitive bidding for the acquisition of an IBM Disk Drive,
and District staff is authorized to purchase an IBM 9332 Disk Drive
for the sum of $5,950 plus tax from IBM.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District duly called and held
in said District on the 17th day of April 1989 by the following
roll call vote:
AYES: Aguera, Corbett, Sutton, White and Maass.
NOTES: None.
ABSENT: None.
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By:
Ja V
A. Maass, President
ATTEST• j
Susan M. Craig, Deputy 9&strict Clerk
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