From
Tiffany Blaylock
Title
Price agreement for plumbing services from Entech Sales & Service, Inc. through a national inter-local agreement with BuyBoard at an annual cost of $150,000 with the option to renew for two, additional one-year periods totaling $450,000 if all extensions are exercised and authorize the City Manager to execute the renewal options with aggregate price fluctuations of the lesser of up to $50,000 or 25% of the original maximum price so long as sufficient funding is appropriated by the City Council to satisfy the City's obligation during the renewal terms
Presenter
Ray Riedinger, Facility Services Manager
Recommended Action
Approve
Analysis
This contract will be for plumbing services, to include but not limited to supply line breaks, return lines breaks, and other small water lines and toilets for all City owned facilities on an as needed basis. Average cost to repair a fire or domestic supply line break under a building is $20,000. The City has on average three (3) to four (4) breaks per year.
Chapter 271.102 of the Local Government Code authorizes local governments to participate in a cooperative purchasing program with another local government or local cooperative organization. In lieu of competitive bidding, items and services may be purchased through such agreements as the agreements have already been bid by the sponsoring entity or agency. The City of Grand Prairie has master inter-local cooperative agreements with various entities including Buyboard.
The BuyBoard is able to save money by pooling the impressive purchasing power of their members, which include hundreds of school districts, municipalities, counties, other local governments, and nonprofits across Texas. They use the power of numbers as leverage to get better prices with the same vendors we use now.
Entech Sales & Service, Inc. through their Buyboard contract #461-14 offers trade services and labor for electrical, plumbing and HVAC and has been recommend...
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