DATE: May 12, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Robert W. Bash, Director, Internal Services/Chief Information Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Assignment of Agreement for Insert, Presort, and Mailing
Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Assignment of Agreement No. 17-382-2 from The Presort Center of Fresno LLC, to Pre-Sort Center of Stockton, Inc., dba PacWest Direct, effective August 13, 2019.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will assign Agreement No. 17-382-2 for insert, presort, and mailing services with The Presort Center of Fresno LLC, to Pre-Sort Center of Stockton, Inc., dba PacWest Direct, due to a company merger. All other terms and conditions remain the same. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Not approving the recommended action could result in disruption to County mail operations.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
This item is retroactive to August 13, 2019, the date The Presort Center of Fresno LLC merged with Pre-Sort Center of Stockton, Inc., dba PacWest Direct.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will retroactively assign Agreement No. 17-382-2 to PacWest Direct, without changes to the total compensation amount of the Agreement.
DISCUSSION:
The United States Postal Service offers discounts on postage for presorted first-class mail. To maximize cost savings for the County, the Internal Services Department has coordinated inserting, presorting, and mailing services countywide.
On July 11, 2017, the Board retroactively approved Agreement No. 17-382 with The Presort Center of Fresno LLC to provide insert, presort, and mailing services. The approved Agreement was for a three-year term with the option for two, one-year extensions, not to exceed $2,700,000 over the potential five-year term.
Effective August 13, 2019, The Presort Center of Fresno LLC (Presort) merged its...
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