Signed Carahsoft

City of Glendale — Regular Meeting (2022-09-27)

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1. 
LINKING AGREEMENT 
BETWEEN 
THE CITY OF GLENDALE, ARIZONA 
AND 
CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION 
THIS LINKING AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is entered into as of this 
day of 
, 2022, between the City of Glendale, an Arizona municipal corporation (the "City"), and 
Carahsoft Technology Corporation, a(n) Maryland corporation authorized to do business in Arizona 
("Contractor"), collectively, the "Parties." 
RECITALS 
A.
On October 15, 2016 under Cooperative Purchasing Agreement, CTR046098, the State of
Arizona entered into a contract with Contractor to purchase the goods and services described
in the NASPO CTR046098 ("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: 
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 October 15, 2016, until the date the contract expires on September 16, 2026 
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 September 16, 2026. 
The initial period of this 
Agreement, therefore, is the period from the Effective Date of this Agreement until 
September 16, 2026. There are no renewals. 
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