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Alder presses staff on sole‑source purchase of Rockwell drives; staff cites distributor and warranty reasons
Summary
An Alder questioned whether the city has a baseline for verifying sole‑source pricing on a $203,197 purchase of Rockwell Allen‑Bradley VFDs; staff said the vendor is the regional distributor and that warranty and service arrangements factor into the sole‑source rationale. The purchase passed 3–0.
An Alder questioned the justification for a sole‑source purchase of Rockwell Allen‑Bradley variable frequency drives and whether the city has a baseline to check pricing, prompting a multi‑minute exchange about procurement practices.
“Is there sort of a baseline that says, that can tell us…that we're not…
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