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215 Church Avenue
P.O.Box 1130
Oshkosh,54903-1130 City of Oshkosh
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TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager
DATE: January 20, 2014
RE: State of Wisconsin Cooperative Purchase of Computers-2014
BACKGROUND
This memo summarizes the 2014 computer order of our IT Division's annual lifecycle rotation
program. The IT Division's 2014 operating budget has $32,400 allocated for this program.
ANALYSIS
The IT and Purchasing Division concluded the State of Wisconsin Contract with Vanguard
Computers Inc. (Contract # 15-20453-105) offered the lowest price for our 2014 computer order
which included 54 HP Compaq 8300 Elite systems.
FISCAL IMPACT
The 2014 computer order will have a total fiscal impact of $32,346.00. Funding for these
computers would be charged to the IT Division operating budget A/N#: 100-0110-6550-0000
($33,465.69).
RECOMMENDATION
Section 12-15 of the Municipal Code provides that subject to approval of the City Manager,
cooperative purchases pursuant to a contract with any other local, state or federal governmental
unit or agency may be made without following a competitive bidding or quotation process. In
accordance with Section 12-15 of the Municipal Code and because this cooperative purchase is in
excess of$25,000, I am hereby submitting a report of this purchase to the Common Council. If
you have any questions on this purchase please contact me or IT Manager Tony Neumann.
Respectfully Submitted,
Mark A. Rohloff, City Manager