Convention Center Furniture and Equipment Contracts (26-2188)
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Authorize contracts for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the Austin Convention Center department through the BuyBoard, Omnia Partners and Sourcewell cooperative purchasing entities, for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. Funding: $1,666,667 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Convention Center. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budget.
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Confirm cooperative purchasing contract status for Convention Center furniture
Applies if: You sell furniture, fixtures or equipment and are not yet on one of the three cooperative contracts
Why now: The item authorizes contracts through BuyBoard, Omnia Partners and Sourcewell for two years plus up to three one-year options, not to exceed $20,000,000.
What to do: Check whether your furniture or equipment line is on a BuyBoard, Omnia Partners or Sourcewell contract, because the city is buying only through those three entities. If you are not on one, you cannot compete for this work, and the two-year initial term with up to three one-year extensions means a long wait for the next opening.
Act before: After the next material record update
Ask how Convention Center furniture spending reaches $20 million
Why now: The item sets a $20,000,000 not-to-exceed amount, but only $1,666,667 is available in the Capital Budget and the rest depends on future budget funding.
What to do: Ask the Convention Center department for the cost estimate and purchasing plan that justify a $20,000,000 ceiling when only $1,666,667 is funded now. Also ask which future budgets are expected to cover the gap and what is planned to be bought in each year.
Act before: After the requested records are produced
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Authorize contracts for furniture, fixtures, and equipment for the Austin Convention Center department through the BuyBoard, Omnia Partners and Sourcewell cooperative purchasing entities, for an initial term of two years with up to three one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000. Funding: $1,666,667 is available in the Capital Budget of Austin Convention Center. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budget.