Resolution No. 2023-16 RESOLUTION NO. 2023-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER
AUTHORITY AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO
THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR AND 17/100 DOLLARS ($132,594.17) TO
UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA), INC. FOR EMERGENCY PUMP RENTAL
SERVICES AT THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER AUTHORITY FRITZ LANHAM WATER
TREATMENT PLANT, THROUGH CHOICE PARTNERS COOPERATIVE; MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE
THEREOF.
WHEREAS, the Baytown Area Water Authority ("BAWA") is a member of the cooperative purchasing
program established under Sections 271.082 and 271.083 of the Texas Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the Choice Partners Cooperative is such a program, allowing governmental entities to purchase
products and/or services in an efficient, cost effective, and competitive procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the Baytown Area Water Authority, in making a purchase under a state contract through such
cooperative purchasing program satisfies state law requiring governmental entities to seek competitive bids for the
purchase of the item; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE BAYTOWN AREA WATER
AUTHORITY:
Section 1: That the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority hereby authorizes the
payment of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR AND 17/100 DOLLARS
($132,594.17)to United Rentals(North America),Inc. for emergency pump rental services at the BAWA Fritz Lanham
Water Treatment Plant,through Choice Partners Cooperative.
Section 2: That the General Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change order
involving a decrease or an increase in costs of FIFTY THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($50,000,00)or less,
provided that the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five percent(25%) or decreased
by more than twenty-five percent (25%)without the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3: This resolution shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the Board of
Directors of the Baytown Area Water Authority.
INTRODUCED,READ and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the Board of Directors of the Baytown Area
Water Authority this the 20"day of September, 2023. Is
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