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Approval of a Purchase Order for the Acquisition of Two Hundred Sixty (260) Office Desk Chairs from Systems Source Office Systems and Furnishings in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $153,349.14.
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Contact Person/Dept: Erica McAdoo
Phone Number: 310-253-6018
Fiscal Impact: Yes [X] No [] General Fund: Yes [X] No []
Public Hearing: [] Action Item: [] Attachments: [X]
Commission Action Required: Yes [] No [X] Date:
Public Notification: Meetings and Agendas - City Council (06/18/15), Systems Source (Jim Norfolk: 06/18/2015); Knoll Inc. (Tom Lester: 06/18/2015)
Department Approval: Jeff Muir (06/15/15)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council approve a Purchase Order for the acquisition of two hundred sixty (260) office desk chairs from Systems Source Office Systems and Furnishings in an amount not-to-exceed $153,349.14 to replace existing desk chairs throughout various City offices.
BACKGROUND
In general, a majority of the City's office desk chairs were purchased in 1995 at the opening of the current City Hall and are now twenty years old, exceeding the warranty period (12 years) and life cycle. With the wear-and-tear conventional to any office furnishing having been maximized, most office seating is now in need of replacement.
Occupational health research studies have suggested employees on average spend five hours and forty-one minutes per day in chairs. With these prolonged sitting trends in mind, the significance of seating replacement cannot be minimized. Proper seating in a well-constructed chair can help reduce fatigue and discomfort, increase blood flow, reduce the risk of injury, and increase productivity. The City's Risk Management Division of the Human Resources Department has seen a steady increase of requests for ergonomic evaluation of workstations, in large part ...
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