HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12082015 - C.54RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Defender, or designee, to execute a contract with West Publishing
Corporation in an amount not to exceed $116,230 to provide online legal resource services and printed materials, for
the period November 29, 2015 through November 28, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Total cost of this contract is estimated to be the sum of $116,230, expended annually, as follows:
FY 2015-16 = $22,195
FY 2016-17 = $38,270
FY 2017-18 = $39,400
FY 2018-19 = $16,365
BACKGROUND:
The Public Defender requests renewal of an expiring service contract continuing
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/08/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Richard Loomis, (925)
335-8093
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 8, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 54
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Robin Lipetzky, Public Defender
Date:December 8, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract Payable (West Publishing Corporation)
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
the same pricing, terms and conditions with West Publishing Corporation. This on-line subscription service provides
access for staff to the Thomson West Proflex Online Law Library and various legal publications (printed volumes).
These resources are used for reference and research in the legal representation of clients, and is an essential support
tool in the Department.
The three-year service period minimizes the cost of procuring these services, which are offered to governmental
agencies at a seventy percent (70%) discount to the vendor's standard pricing for these products.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
This service is essential to the daily operations of the Office of Public Defender.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.