HomeMy WebLinkAbout033417 RES - 07/23/2024Resolution authorizing a five-year supply agreement with IDEXX
Distribution, Inc., of Westbrook, Maine, for the purchase of laboratory
supplies for Corpus Christi Water in an amount not to exceed
$765,437.80, with FY 2024 funding of $22,726.00 from the Water and
Wastewater Funds.
WHEREAS, Corpus Christi Water requires lab testing supplies for conducting
enterococci testing at the Greenwood Wastewater Treatment Plant Laboratory for the
City's six wastewater treatment plants and also for testing the City's drinking water, such
testing being critical to sustaining the department's operational reliability for service;
WHEREAS, State law requires that such procurements, as outlined above, are
subject to statutory requirements, including competitive bids, unless an exception applies;
WHEREAS, there is a statutory exception for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a)(2), as this purchase is necessary to preserve or
protect the public health or safety of the municipality's residents; and
WHEREAS, there is also a statutory exemption for this procurement in Local
Government Code, Section 252.022(a)(7)(A), as this is a procurement of items available
from only one source due to patents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies;
therefore,
Be it resolved by the City Council of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council specifically finds that the foregoing statements included in
the preamble of this resolution are true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents
and purposes related to the authorization of this procurement.
Section 2. The City Manager, or his designee, is authorized to execute all documents
necessary to purchase necessary laboratory supplies from IDEXX Distribution, Inc., of
Westbrook, Maine, in an amount not to exceed $765,437.80, with FY 2024 funding of
$16,406.00 from the Water Fund and $6,320.00 from the Wastewater Fund, for a
combined total of $22,726.00.
D and APPROVED on the day oft , 2024.
Pau ette Guajardo, Mayor
VELOAt
Rebecca Huerta, retary
033417
SCANNED
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of Financial Services of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her duly authorized
representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the money required
for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or expenditure described
below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is to be drawn, and has
not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to annual appropriation
by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: July 23, 2024 Legistar Number: 24-0808
Agenda Item:
Resolution authorizing a five-year supply agreement with IDEXX Distribution Inc., of Westbrook, Maine,
in an amount not to exceed $765,437.80, for the purchase of laboratory supplies for Corpus Christi
Water, with FY 2024 funding of $22,726.00 from the Water and Wastewater Funds.
Amount Required: $22,726.00
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account
No.
Activity No.
Amount
Water
4010-45-31700
520030
$16,406.00
Wastewater
4200-46-33100
520030
$1,580.00
Wastewater
4200-46-33110
520030
$1,580.00
Wastewater
4200-46-33120
520030
$1,580.00
Wastewater
4200-46-33150
520030
$1,580.00
Total
$22,726.00
o Certification Not Required
Director of Financial Services
Date: