Ordinance No. 16,190 ORDINANCE NO. 16,190
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF ONE MILLION ONE
HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE AND
00:100 DOLLARS ($1,115,939.00) TO MARK III SYSTEMS GOVERNMENT
SOLUTIONS, FOR THE PURCHASE OF IBM AND LENOVO STORAGE
SYSTEMS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION
RESOURCES COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACTS; MAKING
OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
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WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has entered into an interlocal cooperative contract with
the Texas Department of Information Resources ("DIR") for cooperative purchasing; 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 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 ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE
AND 00 100 DOLLARS ($1,115,939.00) to Mark III Systems Government Solutions for the
purchase of IBM and Lenovo servers and storage systems.
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 o)or decreased by more than twenty-five percent(251 o)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 10t' day of July, 2025.
CHAR ES JOH , Mayor
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