Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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Motion 25-380, authorizing the County Executive to sign an award recommendation for the use of a "piggyback" for Participating Addendum No. 21422 with Steelcase issued and awarded by the Office of Washington State Department of Enterprise Services (DES) for office furniture and services for an updated amount of $6,900,000 through January 21, 2028
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DEPARTMENT: Facilities and Fleet Management
ORIGINATOR: Anna Morton
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved by Ken Klein 8/11/25
PURPOSE: To obtain Executive approval for continued use of the Piggyback 21422 with Washington State DES for the use of Office Furniture and Services.
BACKGROUND: This piggyback contract increase request covers additional office furniture required to continue work on approved projects. In March 2024, Purchasing requested 2.4 million to get Facilities started addressing high priority new construction needs for the Airport & Sheriff at Paine Field as well as several multi-year move/add/change projects for various departments. However, this allotted amount did not take the totality of budgeted projects into consideration. Initial piggyback contract funds were quickly utilized due to a historically high Facilities workload orchestrating approved work in a short timeframe. Records indicate funds were depleted by two major projects with > 50% of funds dedicated to new construction Airport administrative offices and Sheriff south precinct at Paine Field with many other competing jobs absorbing the remainder of available funds. With approximately 2.5 years remaining on the current contract, and a considerable amount of approved work left for Facilities to accomplish, a significant contract increase is necessary to cover remaining budgeted projects and unidentified work requests. Two primary projects in-progress (i.e., PW Arlington Operations Center & Rucker building remodel) will utilize a large portion of this piggyback contract incre...
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