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Ordinance No. 12,564ORDINANCE NO. 12,564 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SIXTY -THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE AND 90/100 DOLLARS ($63,812.90) TO SHI /GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., FOR A MICROSOFT ENTERPRISE AGREEMENT AND SOFTWARE ASSURANCE FOR ALL CITY SERVERS THROUGH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO; AND PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF. *********************************************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** WHEREAS, the City of Baytown has entered into an interlocal cooperative contract with the Texas Department of Information Resources ( "DIR ") for a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Software Assurance for all City servers; 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 SIXTY -THREE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE AND 90/100 DOLLARS ($63,812.90) to SHI/Government Solutions, Inc., for a Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Software Assurance for all City servers. 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 (25 %) 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 Baytown this the 12`h day of June, 2014. DAVID MCCARTNET- Mavor[M Tern. APPROVED AS TO FORM: NACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Cit6ttomey "SpYT0 tv y '1(r • N OF R: \Karen \Files \City Council '- .Ordinances\2013\August 8\DIRMicrosoftOfficePurchase.doc