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A Resolution Of The City Commission Of The City Of Hollywood, Florida, Authorizing The Appropriate City Officials To Issue The Attached Purchase Order To Aclara Technologies LLC., For The Purchase Of Single And Dual Port Meter Transmission Units (MTUs) For The Star Fixed Network Automatic Meter Reading System For Water Meters In The Amount Of $50,000.00.
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Staff Recommends: Approval of the Attached Resolution.
Explanation:
The Department of Public Utilities operates and maintains the City's infrastructure, including water meters.
In order to monitor water usage throughout the City of Hollywood, the Department of Public Utilities requires the use of Meter Transmission Units (MTUs) to send the water usage data to the billing department.
The data collection units collect water usage information for the City's water billing system.
The MTUs for Star Fixed Network Automatic Reading System is sold exclusively through the authorized representative, Aclara Technologies LLC. of Hazlewood, Missouri.
On April 3, 2015, the Procurement Services Division posted a Notice to Sole Source purchase the Part # 501-8150DD quantity 280 and Part # 501-8150D quantity 56 of single and dual port MTUs respectively, in the amount of $30,142.00, issued an electronic notification to various vendors, and identified April 10, 2015, as the posting expiration date.
The Procurement Services Division received no inquiries or comments on the Notice to Sole Source, and Section 38.40(C)(3) of the City's Purchasing Ordinance exempts sole-source supplies and services, such as unique, patented or franchised supplies or services, from the competitive bid requirements.
Funding for the attached purchase order has been budgeted and is available in the Department of Public Utilities FY15 budget account number 42.4012.00772.536.005226 Maintenance - Meters.
The Director of Public Utilities and the Director of Procurement Services recommend that the City Commission approve the issuance of the attached Purchase Orders to Aclara Technologies LLC. of Hazelwood, Missouri for the purchase of Star Fixed Network Automatic Meter Readers for Water Meters in the amount of $50,000.00.
Recommended for inclusion on the agenda by:
Wazir A. Ishmael, Ph.D. City Manager
Matthew Lalla, Director, Financial Services
Steve Joseph, Director, Public Utilities
Joel Wasserman, Director, Procurement Services