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LINKING AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
THE CITY OF GLENDALE, ARIZONA
AND
VERTECH INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS, INC.
THIS LINKING AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of this
day of
, 2021, between the City of Glendale, an Arizona municipal corporation (the "City"), and
Vertech Industrial Systems, LLC, a(n) Arizona Limited Liability Company authorized to do business
in Arizona ("Contractor"), collectively, the "Parties."
RECITALS
A.
On July 7, 2020 under (S.A.V.E Cooperative Purchasing Agreement), the City of
Avondale entered into a contract with Contractor to purchase the goods and services
described in the SCADA Professional Engineering Services Agreement No. 20-180C
("Cooperative Purchasing Agreement"), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A. The
Cooperative Purchasing Agreement permits its cooperative use by other governmental
agencies including the City.
B.
Section 2-149 of the City's Procurement Code permits the Materials Manager to procure goods
and services by participating with other governmental units in cooperative purchasing
agreements when the best interests of the City would be served.
C.
Section 2-149 also provides that the Materials Manager may enter into such cooperative
agreements without meeting the formal or informal solicitation and bid requirements of
Glendale City Code Sections 2-145 and 2-146.
D.
The City desires to contract with Contractor for supplies or services identical, or nearly
identical, to the supplies or services Contractor is providing other units of government under
the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement. Contractor consents to the City's utilization of the
Cooperative Purchasing Agreement as the basis of this Agreement, and Contractor desires to
enter into this Agreement to provide the supplies and services set forth in this Agreement.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, which are incorporated by reference,
and the covenants and promises contained in this Linking Agreement, the parties agree as follows:
1.
Term of Agreement.
The City is purchasing supplies and/ or services from Contractor
pursuant to the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement.
According to the Cooperative
Purchasing Agreement, purchases can be made by governmental entities from the date of
award, which was July 7, 2020, until the date the contract expires on July 6, 2021 unless the
term of the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement is extended by the mutual agreement of the
original contracting parties. The Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, however, may not be
extended beyond July 6, 2025 The initial period of this Agreement, therefore, is the period
from the Effective Date of this Agreement until July 6, 2021. The City may renew the term of this
Agreement for (4) four one-year terms until the Cooperative Purchasing Agreement
1/2/2020
20-180C