Ordinance No. 10,727ORDINANCE NO. 10,727
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS, AUTHORIZING
THE PAYMENT OF SEVENTY-THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE AND
88/100 DOLLARS ($73,951.88) TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES FOR THE
PURCHASE OF AN IBM BLADE CENTER, WITH TWO BLADES, CENTRALIZED
STORAGE, AND ACCOMPANYING SOFTWARE 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 the purchase of hardware, software, and other Information
Technology products and services 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 SEVENTY-
THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE AND 88/100 DOLLARS ($73,951.88) to International
Business Machines for the purchase of an IBM Blade Center, with two blades, centralized storage, and
accompanying software 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 TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($25,000.00) 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 afWjts passage by the City Council
of the City of Baytown. \ (/
INTRODUCED. READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of the/^i y Council of the City of Baytown this HieJ^Arre^eptember, 2007. /*-* /I
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, Mayor
RAMIREZ, SR, qtj Attorney
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