Title
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the purchase of library books from Ingram Library Services through the TXSMARTBUY cooperative purchasing program for FY 2023-2024 in an amount not to exceed $90,000.
Summary
DATE: November 17, 2023
TO: Kent Cagle, City Manager
FROM: Tiffanie McNair, Executive Director of Community Development
SUBJECT: Purchase of Library Books from Ingram Library Services through the TXSMARTBUY Contract Program
BACKGROUND AND FINDINGS:
Ingram Library Services is one of seven vendors providing books through the State of Texas TXSMARTBUY cooperative purchasing program. Ingram offers the deepest discounts on the formats that comprise the bulk of the city's purchases: hardbound and paperback books for adults, teens, and children. Ingram offers a slightly lower discount for books published by university presses than one competitor, but our library typically purchases less than five such books each year.
The latest State Contract went into effect on June 29, 2020, for a 16-month term with the option for annual renewals for four years. The State of Texas has now exercised the third renewal option and extended the contract through October 31, 2024.
The Library Services Division seeks approval to purchase approximately 4,500 books from Ingram Library Services in an amount not to exceed $90,000 for Fiscal Year 2023-2024. The remaining $6,188 of the budget will be used with other book vendors, such as those that provide genealogy materials and local histories.
THE ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED:
Alternatives considered were:
1. Choose another vendor from the TXSMARTBUY cooperative purchasing program who offers a slightly lower discount on some books, such as Baker & Taylor or Brodart.
2. Authorize the purchase of library materials from Ingram Library Services through the TXSMARTBUY cooperative purchasing program contract, #715-M2.
Which alternative is recommended? Why?
Purchase of library materials from Ingram ...
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