Department: Purchasing
Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable):
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable):
MWDBE Participation (if applicable): N/A
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a sole source exemption from the competitive bid requirements to Findaway World, LLC in the amount of $94,000 for texts with pre-loaded content published for Wonderbook the read-along by Playaway for the County Public Library for the period of October 12, 2021 - February 28, 2023.
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Background and Discussion:
This is a sole source request that would allow purchasing of “Wonderbooks” which are books with a built in reader.
Expected Impact:
The approval of this purchase request will allow the public to access these valuable early literacy tools.
Alternative Options: None
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
X Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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4/27/21 |
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$200,000 from rollover allocated for spending on early literacy materials. |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Library Collections |
FY 21-22 |
Estimates |
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FY 22 |
Next 3 FYs |
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Incremental Expenditures |
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Labor Expenditures |
- |
- |
- |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
94,000 |
- |
- |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
94,000 |
- |
- |
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Funding Sources (General Fund, PIC Fund, Debt or CP, Grants, or Other - Please Specify) |
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Existing Budget |
- |
200,000 |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
200,000 |
- |
- |
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Total Current Budget |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Budget Requested |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Funding Sources |
200,000 |
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- |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Requested |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Implementation Date: 10/12/21.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Amber Seely, Division Director, Collections & Technical Services, County Library
Attachments (if applicable):