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ORDINANCE NO. 16,255
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AN ORDINANCE DISPENSING WITH THE
REQUIREMENT OF COMPETITIVE BIDDING AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER
INTO A CONTRACT WITH IBM CORP. FOR
SOFTWARE SUPPORT FOR ONE YEAR ON THE
CITY'S MAINFRAME COMPUTERS.
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WHEREAS, the Board of Directors may dispense with the
requirement of competitive bidding in exceptional situations where
such procedure is not feasible; and
WHEREAS, the City of Little Rock has approximately 250
on -line users of the City's two mainframes; and
WHEREAS, system software was provided by IBM when the
systems were installed and has been enhanced and upgraded as the
systems have expanded; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the agreement, IBM will keep a 24 -hour
hot line for customer support, provide new release updates, and
supply program "fixes" when needed.
WHEREAS, these are licensed operating system and
communication control software modules which can only be modified
by IBM.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS:
SECTION 1: The Board of Directors of the City of Little
finds that because of the unique features of its computer system
competitive bidding is impractical and unfeasible and should be
dispensed with for the purchase of computer software support on
the City's Finance and Human Resource system as an exceptional
situation exists and competitive bidding is not feasible.
SECTION 2: The City Manager is hereby authorized to enter
into a one year contract with IBM Corp. in an amount not to exceed
$102,000 for software support for the City's mainframe computers.
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1 PASSED: August 4, 1992
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