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RESOLUTION NO. 99—C43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA WAIVING
FORMAL SEALED BIDDING AND AWARDING OF CONTRACTS FOR
HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADES TO SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATES AND COGNOS CORPORATION.
WHEREAS, Section 2-537 of the Azusa Municipal Code requires City purchases over the amount of $5,000
to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after notice, and
WHEREAS, Section 2-536 of the Azusa Municipal Code requires the City Council to waive formal sealed
bidding procedures upon finding that the public welfare would be promoted by dispensing with them, and
WHEREAS, the market for Hewlett Packard minicomputer equipment is limited and all known vendors were
contacted, and
WHEREAS, Systems Technology Associates of Irvine submitted the lowest of three hardware bids in the
amount of $76,098.27, and
WHEREAS, Cognos is the only supplier of the development language PowerHouse which is used to run and
develop the Department's utility billing system, and
WHEREAS, the City has a need to upgrade its minicomputer system and software to meet its obligations
under the Customer Information Services Agreement with the City of Colton, and
WHEREAS, the Department has the immediate and time sensitive need to begin the process of upgrading
this hardware in order to complete the Customer Information Service Project with Colton well before the
Year 2000,
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA DOES HEREBY FIND AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. That conducting a formal "sealed" bidding process for the purchase and upgrade
of the Light and Water Department's Hewlett Packard 3000 and PowerHouse software
would be impracticable, useless and uneconomical and that the public welfare would be
promoted by dispensing with them,,and
Section 2. That the formal "sealed" bidding process is waived, and
Section 3. That the purchase of the Hewlett Packard 3000 939KS/020 contract shall be
awarded to Systems Technology Associates in the amount of $81,736.71 (including tax)
and that the PowerHouse license upgrade be awarded to Cognos is the amount of $63,984.
Section 4. That the Purchasing Officer is authorized to sign the various documents that are
necessary to effectuate the procurement and installation.
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADO 5TH D APRIL, 1999.
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 9 9 —C 4 3 was duly adopted by the City
Council of the City of Azusa, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 5TH day of APRIL, 1999 by the
following vote of the Council.
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES:
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUN
HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID
NONE