Ordinance No. 14,795 ORDINANCE NO. 14,795
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN,
TEXAS, AUTHORIZING THE PAYMENT OF SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND
EIGHTY-NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($63,089.00) TO DELL
MARKETING, LP, FOR THE PURCHASE OF A POWEREDGE R750 SERVER
SYSTEM FOR HOUSTON HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREA
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 a PowerEdge R750
Server System; 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 l: That the City Council of the City of Baytown hereby authorizes the payment
of SIXTY-THREE THOUSAND EIGHTY-NINE AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($63,089.00) to Dell
Marketing, LP, for the purchase of a PowerEdge R750 Server System for Houston High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Area.
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 affinnative vote of the City Council of the
City of Baytown this the 121h day of August, 2021.
ANDON CAPETI O, ayor
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APPROVED AS TO F/O�
KAREN L. HORNER, City Attorney
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