Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase order with Agilent Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer System for the Division of Power and Water, Water Quality Assurance Laboratory. This system will be used for water quality testing in the laboratory. The Division of Power and Water budgeted $60,000.00 for this purchase. The lowest, responsive, responsible bidder is Agilent Technologies, Inc. at $53,300.80. They do not have MBE/FBE status.
The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on July 3, 2008. Three (3) bids were received. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: Agilent Technologies, Inc., CC# 77-0518772, expiration date: August 01, 2008
Fiscal Impact: The Division of Power and Water budgeted $60,000.00 for this purchase.
No similar expenditures in 2006 or 2007.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Agilent Technologies, Inc. for the purchase of a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer System for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $53,300.80 from the Water System Operating Fund. ($53,300.80)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on July 3, 2008 for the purchase of a Gas Chromatograph/Mass Spectrometer System for the Division of Power and Water, Water Quality Assurance Laboratory, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder Agilent Technologies, Inc. and,
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to issue a purchase order in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA002953 on file in the Purchasing Office, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, now, therefore,
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