City of Pittsburgh - File #: 2009-1205

• File #: 2009-1205
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed Finally
• File created: 3/17/2009
• In control: Committee on General and Government Services
• Final action: 5/12/2009
• Enactment date: 5/12/2009
• Enactment #: 273
• Effective date: 5/12/2009
• Title: Resolution providing for an agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the County of Allegheny (“County”) for the continued assumption by the County of purchasing activities on behalf of the City which henceforth shall include service contracts (B contracts) and commodity purchases for the purchase of materials, general supplies, and equipment by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh for any or all Departments of the City of Pittsburgh; and providing for the payment of all costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $200,000.
• Indexes: AGREEMENTS

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/14/2009	1	Mayor	Signed by the Mayor
5/12/2009	1	City Council	Passed Finally	Pass
5/6/2009	1	Committee on General and Government Services	Affirmatively Recommended	Pass
3/25/2009	1	Committee on General and Government Services	Held for Cablecast Post Agenda	Pass
3/17/2009	1	City Council	Read and referred

Presenter
Presented by Mr. Motznik

Title
Resolution providing for an agreement between the City of Pittsburgh (“City”) and the County of Allegheny (“County”) for the continued assumption by the County of purchasing activities on behalf of the City which henceforth shall include service contracts (B contracts) and commodity purchases for the purchase of materials, general supplies, and equipment by the various Departments of the City of Pittsburgh for any or all Departments of the City of Pittsburgh; and providing for the payment of all costs thereof. Cost not to exceed $200,000.

Body
WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the City, as a steward of public funds, to implement activities designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of government services; and

WHEREAS, joint efforts of both the City and County are to aggregate purchasing power; and

WHEREAS, the City and County have been engaged in joint purchasing since April 2007 pursuant to separate agreement as initiated by Resolution No. 70, Effective Date of February 22, 2007; and

WHEREAS, this agreement shall represent a codification of current practices as witnessed pursuant to the previous year of joint commodity purchasing and expand said practices to include service contracts (B contracts) ; and

WHEREAS, City and County wish to continue and expand joint purchasing operations.

Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:

Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Finance are hereby authorized and directed to enter into an agreement and/or agreements with the County of Allegheny for the purpose of combining the purchasing operations of the City with those of the County. Such operations shall include the performance of commodity and service (B contracts) purchasing contracting functions previously performed by the City's Department of Finance, Bureau of Procurement, Fleet and Asset Services.

Section 2. The costs for contracts let ...