Title
Resolution Authorizing Award of Contract 2017-10560 to ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation for City-wide Elevator Maintenance and Repair Services
Body
Department: Engineering and Inspections
Council District: All Districts
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Kenney McDowell 373-2302
Contact 2 and Phone: Butch Shumate 412-5794
PURPOSE:
The Engineering and Inspections Department is responsible for City-wide facility maintenance including City elevators and escalators. The current city-wide elevator and escalator maintenance and repair contract expired on June 30, 2017. Under the City Service Contract Policy, the proposed new three year contract, is expected to exceed $400,000 in total value, requiring City Council approval.
BACKGROUND:
Elevator and escalator maintenance and repair is a highly technical, state regulated service. This service can only be provided by firms that have been recognized by the State of North Carolina's Department of Labor - Elevator Division as qualified to perform elevator maintenance and repair services. Of the firms recognized by the State of North Carolina's Department of Labor, no HUB certified firms in the 10-County Greensboro Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) meet these qualifications. The Centralized Contracting Division recommended contracting these services by joining a competitively bid "Cooperative Purchasing Agreement" through the National Intergovernmental Purchasing Alliance Company (IPA). The National IPA is a non-profit organization recognized in the field of procurement as a resource for governments to purchase goods and services through cooperative contracts that have been competitively bid and negotiated. The organization monitors contracts for pricing on a regular basis to ensure that rates remain competitive across the jurisdictions served.
This organization currently carries a cooperative elevator maintenance & repair contract with ThyssenKrupp Elevator Corporation, ...
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