HomeMy WebLinkAbout19198 - RESOLUTIONS - 2/18/1998 RESOLUTION NO. 19198
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALM SPRINGS,
CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING PRE-QUALIFIED FIRMS FOR THE
SECOND STEP OF AN AIRPORT PASSENGER LOADING BRIDGE
TWO STEP PROCUREMENT PROCESS, IFB 98-06-STEP 1 .
WHEREAS the Palm Springs Regional Airport has undertaken the expansion of its terminal
building which will include the installation of eight (8) Passenger Loading Bridges; and
WHEREAS the addition of Passenger Loading Bridges to the Airport infrastructure is a new,
higher level of equipment sophistication for the Airport; and
WHEREAS the Airport is not desirous of becoming a testing facility for a new company trying
to get into the field with new untested equipment which might occur due to the attractiveness
of the Palm Springs name; and
WHEREAS to seek out qualified and experienced equipment manufacturers, the City
Procurement Office has circulated a Two-Step Equipment Procurement Document, IFB 98-06-
STEP I, so that interested equipment manufacturers could submit their qualifications for
review; and
WHEREAS the Invitation For Bid specified that certain information would be submitted for
review and that a series of specific questions were to be addressed; and
WHEREAS on February 10, 1998, two firms submitted IFB 98-06-STEP I responses; those
firms were Jetway Systems, A Division of FMC and Stearns - Thyssen Henschel; and
WHEREAS a review committee has reviewed the two submittals for completeness and for
compliance with the minimum experience requirements; and
WHEREAS the review committee has recommended the listing of one firm as qualified to
participate in the Second Step of IFB 98-06,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Palm Springs,
California, that Jetway Systems, A Division of FMC, is hereby found to meet the minimum
qualifications to submit a second step bid under IFB 98-06-STEP 2, and is therefore pre-
qualified.
ADOPTED this 18th day of February, 1998.
AYES: Members Barnes, Oden, and Reller-Spurgin
NOES: None
ABSENT: Member Hodges
ABSTAIN: Mayor Kleindienst
ATTEST: Cl Y OF PALM SP S CALIFORNIA
._-City Clerk City Man ger
-- REVIEWED & APPROVED AS TO FORM