Ordinance No. 15,765 ORDINANCE NO. 15,765
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND
ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND NO100 DOLLARS ($57,156.00) TO
BAYCOM, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWENTY-TWO(22)PANASONIC
TOUGHBOOK FZ-55 LAPTOPS,THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
INFORMATION RESOURCES CONTRACT #CPO-5225; MAKING OTHER
PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown entered into an interlocal cooperative contract with the
Texas Department of Information Resources ("DIR") for the purchase of computers and related
equipment for the use of the Police Department; and
WHEREAS, the DIR's purchasing process includes posting the request on the Electronic
State Business Daily (ESBD), gathering and reviewing the vendors' responses to the posting,
negotiating with selected vendors, and managing vendor contracts; and
WHEREAS, such process, in combination with the interlocal cooperative contract, allows
the City to purchase computers, automated information systems products and./or services in an
efficient, cost-effective, and competitive procurement method; and
WHEREAS, the City of Baytown, in making a purchase under a DIR contract through its
interlocal cooperation contract,satisfies state law requiring municipalities to seek competitive bids
for the purchase of the item; NOW THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment
of FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-SIX AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($57,156.00) to Baycom, Inc., for the purchase of twenty-two (22) Panasonic Toughbook FZ-55
laptops through the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) Contract #CPO-5225 for
the use of the Police Department.
Section 2: That the City 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(250'0)or decreased by more than twenty-five percent(25%)without
the consent of the contractor to such decrease.
Section 3: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 281h day of March, 2024.
NDON CAPETILLO, ayor
ATTEST:
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
SCOTT E OND, City Attorney
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