Subject:
Title
Permission to Amend Existing Integrated Supply Agreement, National Joint Purchasing Alliance (NJPA) Contract #061015-GPC for an Additional Year of Service
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Fiscal Impact:
$353,000.00
Dept/Office:
Central Services / Fleet Services
Requested Action:
Recommendation
It is requested that the Board of County Commissioners:
- Authorize Central Services / Fleet Services to amend their existing contract with Genuine Parts Company, doing business as NAPA Auto Parts for an additional one (1) year period, beginning, July 22, 2020 through July 21, 2021;
- Authorize the Chair to execute all resulting contract amendments and any other contract related documents, as necessary, upon review and approval by the County Attorney’s Office, Risk Management and Purchasing Services; and
- Authorize the County Manager, or designee to approve any necessary Budget Change Requests.
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Summary Explanation and Background:
National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) is a Minnesota-based Service Cooperative created by Minnesota Legislative Statute 123A.21. National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) is a public agency that serves as a member-focused cooperative for over 50,000-member agencies nationally.
Central Fleet services will save time and money, obtain higher quality products and services, and standardize products and services by using this cooperative contract. NJPA Auto Parts -Integrated Business Solutions utilizes their own resources and strategic partnerships to provide parts, service and expertise to assist Brevard County Central Fleet in providing a reliable and complete dedicated on-site source of repair parts and services for NJPA members. Advantages of the program are:
• Achieve a reduction in administrative procedures
• Reduce transactional costs through centralized billing across multiple vendors
• Deliver increase in on-demand parts availability
• Drive increases in fleet technician performance
• Reduce vehicle downtime in fleet operations
• Eliminate obsolete parts and shrinkage costs through efficient parts room management technologies Significantly reduce the cost of parts and warehouse inventory ownership
• Provide a turn-key sourcing solution service that will enable government agencies to operate the repair and warehouse facilities more efficiently, resulting in savings of funds through cost avoidance
The original agreement was awarded on July 21, 2015 with an initial term of four (4) years. The initial contract was then extended by one (1) year from July 22, 2019 through July 21, 2020. As the existing agreement is scheduled to expire on July 21, 2020 this extension will be effective July 22, 2020 through July 21, 2021. As stated in the Amendment, this contract will not be extended for any additional time beyond July 21, 2021.
Clerk to the Board Instructions:
Return fully executed copy of amendment to Steven Darling in Central Services.