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Bid No. 2025-072 - Annual Leasing of Satori Postal Coding Software, Address Printer, Inserter and WTS-P Inbound Tracking System.
(Staff recommends award to Quadient, Inc., through TxSmartBuy Contract No. 985-C1, in an amount not to exceed $145,131.36. The term of the lease is for 48 months with a monthly amount of $3,023.57 and an annual amount of $36,282.84, subject to annual appropriation of sufficient funds.)
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Name of Department
Finance/Print Shop/Mailroom
Project/Budgeted Amount
$145,131.36
Sum of Bid/Bid Amount
$145,131.36
The City's Print Shop/Mailroom division of Finance is responsible for creating and producing mass print jobs and related mailings such as the Mainstream, warrant notices, tax statements, attorney letters, code notices, City business cards, posters, advertisements, and various other print jobs for all City departments.
The Finance Department is requesting to upgrade the following machines to meet the Information Technology Department's Windows 11 software requirements. The current lease is through a cooperative purchasing agreement with TxSmartBuy Contract No. 985-C1.
* Satori Postal Coding Software - used to cleanse addresses in order to reduce the amount of returned and undeliverable mail.
* Address Printer Mach 6 - used to print addresses on envelope media in an efficient manner.
* Inserter - used to fold and insert letters into envelopes in order to expedite large mailing projects.
* WTS-P Inbound Tracking System - used to streamline internal tracking of shipments received by the Print Shop/Mailroom.
The proposal received from Quadient, Inc. is for a 48-month lease agreement with monthly lease payments of $3,023.57, which equals $36,282.84 on an annual basis.
Financial Implications
The new contract annual lease of $36,282.84 is an increase of $430.92 (1.2%) over the current annual lease contract approved by Council in fiscal year 2020, and funding is available in the annual Print Shop budget.
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