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Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement or Agreements with Kloopify Inc. to provide a sustainable procurement platform software solution for a sum not to exceed $29,000 for one year.
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WHEREAS, PGH Lab had undertaken a six-month pilot test of these services in conjunction with the Department of City Planning, Sustainability and Resilience Division proving the validity of services and confirming integration capabilities of a sustainable procurement platform;
WHEREAS, the adoption of a sustainable procurement platform increases visibility and integrates carbon emission data into every day procurement process; and
WHEREAS, a sustainable procurement platform also empowers departments to develop a data-driven strategy to reduce emissions from procurement and work with supply chain partners to purchase more environmentally sustainable goods and services;
WHEREAS, the sustainable procurement platforms helps advance the City of Pittsburgh’s Climate Action Plan’s objective of improving waste related data quality to reduce emissions and determine key areas of economic development that could provide local alternatives to previously imported goods;
Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Section 1. On behalf of the City of Pittsburgh the Director of the Department of City Planning is hereby authorized to enter into a purchasing agreement or agreement(s) with Kloopify Inc. for a sustainable procurement software at a cost not to exceed Twenty-Nine Thousand Dollars ($29,000.00) chargeable and payable from account 11101.110000.53.53509.2023.
Section 2. The form of this Agreement or Agreement shall be approved by the City Solicitor.