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Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, on behalf of various County departments, recommending the Board consider the following for the provision of web-based electronic information library services:
1) Pursuant to Article II, Section 210(b.)(6) of the El Dorado County Charter and in accordance with County Ordinance Code Chapter 3.13.030 section B, find that specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in County classifications are involved in the performance of the work;
2) Find that this contract is exempt from competitive bidding pursuant to section 3.4 (4), since a competitively bid contract is available through the State of California;
3) Approve and authorize the Purchasing Agent to sign Schedule A documents under new Agreement 8207 with RELX Inc., doing business as LexisNexis, for the provision of web-based electronic information library services for use by County departments in the maximum amount of $150,000 for the period of January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2027;
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to extend the term of the requested Agreement for Services 8207 if the State of California Department of General Services extends their Master Service Agreement 5-23-70-40-01 for the provision of web-based electronic information library services;
5) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to sign Schedule A documents for County departments that request access to this agreement and to increase the maximum amount of Agreement for Services 8207 on an "as-needed" basis during the awarded contract period as long as funding is available within the requesting departments budgets; and
6) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute administrative amendments to Agreement for Services 8207, each amendment would be contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval.
FUNDING: General and Non-General Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
On August 25, 2020, the Board approved and authorized the Purchasing Agent to process a cha...
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