87-7383R53
RESOLUTION N0. 7383
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING BID AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR
COMPUTER HARDWARE MAINTENANCE
WHEREAS, pursuant to an advertisement fdr bids for the
maintenance of the City's computer hardware, bids were received,
opened and tabulated according to law; and
WHEREAS, the City's request for proposals called for separate
bids on four distinct categories of services, and preserved to the
City the right to award separate contracts for the several
categories; and
WHEREAS, the city council finds that-the bid submitted by
Financial Products Corporation of Omaha, Nebraska (FPC) is the
lowest responsible bid for the category of services described in
subsection 6-A of the request for proposals; and
WHEREAS, the city council finds that the bid received by NCR
Corporation is nonconforming for a substantial and irremediable
_ failure to comply,to the instructions to bidders contained in the
request for proposals; and
WHEREAS, the city
Systems of Bloomington
separate categories of
proposals, the city is
subsections 6-B, 6-C a~
validity of the bid by
council finds that although MTI Office
presented its bid on each of the four
services described in the request for
precluded from accepting the MTI bid on
~d 6-0 due to a limitation placed on the
MTI; and
WHEREAS, the city council further finds that it is in the best
interest of the city to accept the FPC bid on category 6-A and to
negotiate a contract or contracts for those services described in
subsections 6-B, 6-C and 6-D of the request for proposals.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City
of Richfield as follows:
1. That the proposal dated December 14, 1987, of Financial
Products Corporation for computer hardware maintenance is hereby
accepted for the services specified in subsection 6-A of the City's
request for proposals dated November 30, 1987;
2. That the mayor and city manager are hereby authorized and
directed to enter into a contract for the above-mentioned computer
system maintenance services with Financial Products Corporation of
Omaha, Nebraska in the name of the City of Richfield for such
services through December 31, 1988, for an amount not to exceed
$15,778.00;
3. That, based on the proposals received, the City is
precluded from awarding a contract for the services specified in
subsections 6-B, 6-C, and 6-D of the City's request for proposals;
4. That. the bids received from the NCR Corporation of
Minneapolis, Minnesota for subsections 6-A and 6-B of the request
for proposals are rejected as nonconforming;
5. That the city clert~ is hereby authorized and directed to
return forthwith to all bid ers the deposits made with their bids,
except that the deposits of~the successful bidder and the next
lowest responsible ,bidder, MTI Office Systems of Bloomington,
Minnesota, shall be retaine~ until a contract has been .signed; and
6. That the city manager is directed to seek quotations for
the services described in subsections 6-B, 6-C and 6-D of the
request for proposals so that contracts may timely be entered into
for such services.
Passed by the city council of the Cry pf Ri
this 28th day of December, 1987. /l %
eld, Minnesota
n M~fYYtor~, Mayor
ATTEST:
omas P. Ferber, C tyC er