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RESOLUTION NO. 2232: INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL PURCHASING PARTNERS, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF FIRERESCUE GPO AND PUBLIC SAFETY GPO FOR COOPERATIVE PURCHASING
COUNCIL INITIATIVE ADDRESSED:
Continue effective financial management
Enhance public safety and emergency response
CITY ATTORNEY REVIEW: REQUIRED
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
The City of Longview desires to enter into an interlocal joint purchase agreement with National Purchasing Partners, including members of Firerescue GPO and Public Safety GPO for cooperative purchasing of an Aerial Platform Apparatus.
The agreement follows the city’s purchasing manual and the RCW Interlocal Cooperation Act Chapter 39.34.030 which “authorizes cooperative action, including joint purchases, by different governmental entities. An indispensable element in such interlocal contracts is compliance with the purchasing statutes, including the bid law applicable to each public entity that is an ultimate “purchaser” under the agreement. A city must enter into an interlocal agreement with the other government entity in advance of the government entity’s advertisement for a vendor, and the agreement must be obligated that the government entity to follow all bidding requirements that apply to the city.”
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Motion to adopt Resolution No. 2232 to authorize the City Manager to enter into an interlocal joint purchase agreement with The National Purchasing Partners, including members of Firerescue GPO and Public Safety GPO for cooperative purchasing and sign all necessary documents to purchase the stated Aerial Platform Appartus.
STAFF CONTACT: PHIL JURMU, FIRE CHIEF