File #: 18-3532   
Type: Payment Ordinance Status: Adopted
Meeting Body: City Council Formal Meeting
On agenda: 1/9/2019 Final action: 1/9/2019
Title: Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC

Title

Mettler-Toledo Rainin, LLC

 

Description

For $30,700.00 in payment authority for a new contract, entered on or about Jan. 1, 2019 for a term of five years, to service, repair and calibrate pipettes for the Police Department's Laboratory Services Bureau Crime Lab. The pipettes draw up the correct amount of liquid needed for analysis and provide a safe method for transferring biohazardous material. They are necessary to complete forensic analysis on items of evidence from criminal investigations, critical incidents and complicated scenes. These services are vital for the Laboratory Services Bureau to repair, test and certify pipettes for the Controlled Substances, Forensic DNA and Toxicology sections of the Crime Lab. The pipettes must be serviced and calibrated on a regular basis per ISO 17025. The services performed on the pipettes are a critical part of the Police Department's effort to provide life safety services to the public.