Title
Amendment to Contract for Employee Uniforms (NB)
Staff recommends extending the term of the contract for purchased employee uniforms for various Utility and General Government departments.
Explanation
A three-year contract with Tyndale Company, Inc. for purchased employee uniforms for various Utility and General Government departments was approved by the City Commission on February 26, 2007. The contract provides for one (1) three-year extension of the contract upon mutual agreement of the parties and negotiation of the prices.
Employee uniforms are essential in providing both employee safety and identification. This purchased employee uniform contract provides uniforms to approximately 300 Utility and 100 General Government employees. Employees required to wear flame resistant clothing (electric line workers and certain gas and electric personnel) as well as those who wear non-flame resistant clothing (water and power plants, service employees from gas, electric, facilities and field services, as well as General Government's Operations Division) receive uniforms through this contract.
Tyndale Company, Inc., a certified women-owned business, has been responsive in meeting the City's requirements for purchased employee uniforms. Although the contract proved for annual price adjustments during the initial three-year term, Tyndale Company, Inc. has maintained the same pricing. For the extension, there will be a small price increase for some items, but there will also be a small price decrease for others. The overall cost impact to the contract value is expected to be less than 1%.
Recommendations
The City Commission: 1) authorize the General Manager, or his designee, to negotiate and execute a three-year amendment to extend the term of the contract with Tyndale Company, Inc. for purchased employee uniforms for various Utility and General Government departments, subject to approval of the City Attorney as to form and legality; and 2) appr...
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