HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 1987-42 - Board RESOLUTION NO. 8742
,, .. 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 System 36 computer; 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 v. 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 District has an immediate need for the IBM
System 36 computer; 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 System 36 computer would be
unavailing and would not produce an advantage to the District,
and the advertisement for 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
System 36 computer, and District staff is authorized to negotiate
directly with IBM for the purchase of an IBM System 36 computer,
the final purchase price for which shall be approved by the Board
prior to such purchase.
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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 August, 1987,
by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Maass, Aguera, Corbett
NOES: Sutton, Cooley
ABSENT:
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLI UTILITY DISTRICT
By: \
�o n L. Corbett, President
ATTEST:
Susan McDonald, Deputy District Clerk