IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of market research services for the purpose of conducting a survey of Jackson County citizens regarding yard waste and recycling to ETC Institute of Olathe, KS, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 27-12, at a cost to the County not to exceed $15,000.00.
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RESOLUTION #17861, March 19, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4386, dated January 9, 2012, the Legislature did appropriate grant funds in the amount of $15,000.00 received from the Mid-America Regional Council's Solid Waste Management District to be used to conduct a survey of citizens living in unincorporated Jackson County, Blue Springs, Buckner, Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana, Lake Tapawingo, Lone Jack, and Oak Grove to gauge the interest and need for a yard waste facility to serve those areas; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited formal written bids on Request for Proposals No. 27-12 for a market research agency to conduct the needed survey; and,
WHEREAS, a total of five notifications were distributed and five responses were received and evaluated as follows:
BIDDER COST EVALUATION POINTS
ETC Institute $15,000.00 100
Olathe, KS
Touch Focus $15,000.00 80
Blue Springs, MO
Discovery Research $23,200.00 60
Salt Lake City, UT
Applied Marketing $42,895.00 60
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO
Profile Marketing $12,350.00 60
Lake Worth, FL
and,
WHEREAS, an evaluation committee reviewed the proposals and evaluated each bidder on the basis of qualifications, experience, services, and pricing; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends that the contract be awarded to ETC Institute of Olathe, KS, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 27-12, for the reason that it is the lowest and best bidder meeting specifications; now therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri that the award be made as recommended by the Director of Finance and Purchasing, and that the Director be, and is hereby, authorized to execute for the County any documents necessary for the accomplishment of the award; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Finance and Purchasing is authorized to make all payments, including final payment, on the contract.
Enacted and Approved
Effective Date: This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon its passage by a majority of the Legislature.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Chief Deputy County Counselor County Counselor
Certificate of Passage
I hereby certify that the attached resolution, Resolution #17861 of March 19, 2012, was duly passed on ________________________, 2012 by the Jackson County Legislature. The votes thereon were as follows:
Yeas _________________ Nays _____________
Abstaining _____________ Absent ____________
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Date Mary Jo Spino, Clerk of Legislature
Fiscal Note
There is a balance otherwise unencumbered to the credit of the appropriation to which the expenditure is chargeable and there is a cash balance otherwise unencumbered in the treasury to the credit of the fund from which payment is to be made each sufficient to provide for the obligation herein authorized.
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 010 1002 56790
ACCOUNT TITLE: Grant Fund
Yard Waste Survey
Other Contractual Services
NOT TO EXCEED: $15,000.00
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Date Director of Finance and Purchasing