DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Tractors and Various Attachments
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes a contract with Deere & Company and Alamo Sales Corp. to provide the Transportation & Capital Improvements, Parks and Recreation, Solid Waste Management and Aviation Departments with fifteen turnkey tractors with various attachments for a total cost of $1,285,214.96. Turnkey units include the tractor, components necessary to fasten various attachments and the attachment such as a mower, root grapple or front loader. Funding for this acquisition is made available from the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund and the Airport Operations Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action are the offers submitted by Deere & Company and Alamo Sales Corp. utilizing the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) contract GR01-12 to provide fifteen turnkey tractors and various attachments, Deere & Company in the amount of $1,152,853.96 and Alamo Sales Corp. in the amount of $132,361.00, for a total cost of $1,285,214.96.
The offer submitted by Deere & Company and Alamo Sales Corp. utilizing HGAC contract GR01-12 will provide the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department with one turnkey four-wheel drive (4x4) tractor with a mid-mount boom mower and provide the Aviation Department with one turnkey two-wheel drive tractor with a flail mower for a total cost of $249,655.23.
The offer submitted by Deere & Company utilizing HGAC contract GR01-12 will provide the Transportation & Capital Improvements Department with two turnkey four-wheel drive (4x4) tractors with 15' batwing mower attachments and seven turnkey four wheel drive (4x4) tractors with 7' mower deck attachments; the Parks and Recreation Department with one turnkey four-wheel drive (4x4) tractor with 7' mower deck attachment, standard loader and root grapple; the Solid Waste Ma...
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