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Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, recommending award of Bid 08-207-097 for the purchase of Hewlett Packard printer toner cartridges and related items to be used County-wide; authorize the Purchasing Agent to issue a blanket purchase order to Walker's Business Solutions of Placerville, CA in the amount of $200,000 for a twelve month period; authorize the Purchasing Agent to increase same on an "as-needed" basis during the awarded period if funding is made available within the requesting department's budget; and direct departments to ensure prompt payment to vendor in order to secure the prompt payment discount terms of 20% off prices quoted if payment is made within twenty days of receipt of invoice.
FUNDING: General Fund.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $200,000.00
Funding
Budgeted $200,000.00
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $200,000.00
Change To Net County Cost $
REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION: The Procurement and Contracts Division issued an Invitation to Bid for various Hewlett Packard print, toner cartridges and related items to be purchased on an "as-needed" basis County-wide.
The bid evaluation was structured with three (3) components: (1) A bid quotation schedule that consists of the most commonly purchased Hewlett Packard print and toner cartridges; (2) a single percentage of all "HP Inkjet" cartridges not listed in the quotation schedule totaling $80,000.00 (list price); and (3) a single percentage off all "HP Laserjet" supplies not listed in the quotation schedule totaling $80,000.00 (list price). The attached spreadsheet provides an illustration of the evaluation criteria.
Eighteen (18) Invitations to Bid were mailed, two (2) to local vendors; fourteen (14) qualified responses were received, two (2) from local vendors.
FISCAL IMPACT/CHANGE TO NET COUNTY COST: Procurement and Contracts has been advise...
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