Ordinance No. 12,581ORDINANCE 12,581
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF FORTY -EIGHT THOUSAND THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO /100 DOLLARS ($48,350.00) TO
SHI/GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO
HUNDRED (200) LICENSES OF MICROSOFT OFFICE 2013 THROUGH
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION RESOURCES; 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 the purchase of two hundred (200)
licenses of Microsoft Office 2013 pursuant to Section 791.025 of the Texas Government Code;
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 FORTY -EIGHT THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY AND NO1100
DOLLARS ($48,350.00) to SHI /Government Solutions, Inc., for the purchase of two hundred
(200) licenses of Microsoft Office 2013 through the Texas Department of Information
Resources.
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 of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 10`h day of July, 2014.
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
NACIO RAMIREZ, SR., Ci ttorney
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