HomeMy WebLinkAbout032504 ORD - 07/27/2021Ordinance rejecting the apparent low bid of WLE, LLC. of Austin, Texas due
to refusal to perform on a previous mowing contract providing similar
services and authorizing a three-year service agreement for mowing and
grounds maintenance of Storm Water on Rodd Field from Saratoga to Ayers
Street for an estimated amount of $204,540.00 with Dorame General Repair
& Lawn LLC. of Corpus Christi, Texas for the Public Works Department, with
FY 2021 funding in an amount not to exceed $11,363.33 available through the
Storm Water Fund.
WHEREAS, the services to be provided by the selected contractors have
been competitively bid based upon and in accordance with a procurement method
authorized by State law and the Charter of the City of Corpus Christi ("City");
WHEREAS, the City received bids for mowing services for the Public Works
Department, in response to Request for Bid ("RFB") No.3594 of which only the
lowest responsive, responsible bidder may be awarded the agreement;
WHEREAS, state law provides that, if the competitive sealed bidding
requirement applies to a contract for goods or services, the contract must be
awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible bidder or to the bidder that provides
the best value, pursuant to Texas Local Government Code §252.043(a);
WHEREAS, the City notified all bidders in its bid documents for RFB
No.3463 that contracts would be awarded to the lowest responsive, responsible
bidders;
WHEREAS, the apparent low bidder, WLE, LLC, was awarded a prior
mowing agreement in August of 2020 for mowing of City property on North Beach
and failed to perform;
WHEREAS, based on its failure to perform under a previous agreement,
the apparent low bidder, WLE, LLC, is deemed non -responsible;
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the next lowest responsive,
responsible bidder awarded a contract for mowing services for Public Works to
Dorame General Repair & Lawn LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas, for an amount not
to exceed $204,540.00; and
WHEREAS, in the event the lowest responsive, responsible bidder fails to
execute the contract for the awarded item or fails to perform under a contract for
any awarded items, the City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute a
contract for the remainder of the contract term with the next lowest bidder, in
succession, in order to secure replacement mowing services.
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SCANNED
Now, therefore, be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Corpus
Christi, Texas:
Section 1. The City Council finds that the foregoing preamble language stated in
this resolution to be true and correct and adopts such findings for all intents and
purposes related to the authorizations of each of the procurements that are the
subject of this resolution.
Section 2. The City Council finds that Dorame General Repair & Lawn LLC, is the
lowest responsive, responsible bidder for mowing services Group 5A1 and is
awarded a contract for an amount not to exceed $204,540.00.
Section 3. The City Manager, or designee, is authorized to execute a three-year
service agreement with two additional one-year options with Dorame General
Repair & Lawn LLC of Corpus Christi, Texas, for an amount not to exceed
$204,540.00 for mowing services Group 5A1.
Section 4. In the event that the bidder fails to execute the contract for the awarded
item or fails to perform under a contract for any awarded items, the City Manager,
or designee, is authorized to execute a contract for the remainder of the contract
term with the next lowest bidder, in succession, in order to secure replacement
mowing services.
That the foregoing ordinance was read for the first time and passed to its second
reading on this the 3\day of\�1 , 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo John Martinez
Roland Barrera O A Ben Molina
Gil Hernandez Mike Pusley
Michael Hunter VVV Greg Smith
Billy Lerma
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That the foregoing ordinance was read for the second time and passed finally on this the
(1' day of 2021, by the following vote:
Paulette M. Guajardo
Roland Barrera
Gil Hernandez
Michael Hunter
Billy Lerma
AL:A
John Martinez,iy
-AK
A
0
Ben Molina
Mike Pusley
Greg Smith
PASSED AND APPROVED on this the c 1 t day of Vl �- , 2021.
ATTEST:
Reb-cca Huerta
City Secretary
Paulette M. Guajardo
Mayor
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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: Julv,, 2021 Legistar Number: 21-0658
Agenda Item:
Ordinance rejecting the apparent low bid of WLE, LLC. of Austin, Texas due to refusal to perform on a
previous mowing contract providing similar services and authorizing a three-year service agreement for
mowing and grounds maintenance of Storm Water on Rodd Field from Saratoga to Ayers Street for an
estimated amount of $204,540.00 with Dorame General Repair & Lawn LLC. of Corpus Christi, Texas for
the Public Works Department, with FY 2021 funding in an amount not to exceed $11,363.33 available
through the Storm Water Fund.
Amount Required: $11,363.33
Fund Name
Accounting Unit
Account No.
Activity No.
Amount
Storm Water
4300-32001-043
530225
N/A
$11,363.33
Total
$11,363.33
0 Certification Not Required
Director of inan ial Services
Date: 1,41 i>1