DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Medium and Heavy Equipment
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of contracts with Anderson Machinery Company, Associated Supply Company, Inc. dba, ASCO Equipment Co, Centerline Supply, Cooper Equipment Co., Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, H & E Equipment Services, Holt Cat, Nueces Power Equipment, RDO Equipment Co., Vermeer Equipment of Texas and Waukesha-Pearce Industries, Inc. to provide City departments with medium and heavy equipment for a total cost of $3,974,112.22. Funding for this purchase is available from the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund and the Storm Water Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached bid tabulation of 19 competitive bids to provide 40 medium and heavy equipment items for a total cost of $3,974,112.22. This purchase includes one wood chipper, one trailer mounted air compressor, one scissor lift, one skid mounted welder/generator, one thermoplastic applicator, two scrubber/asphalt scarifier, one tracked milling machine, one trailer attenuator, six skid loaders with eight attachments, five combination drum and pneumatic tired rollers, four articulated wheeled loaders, two tracked excavators, one dozer with high sprockets, two tracked loaders with bucket, one asphalt paver, one surface sealer distributor truck and one riding sweeper scrubber.
This equipment will be utilized by the Parks & Recreation, Solid Waste Management and Transportation & Capital Improvements departments for various construction and/or repair projects throughout the City.
The Invitation for Bid (IFB) was evaluated based on the published bid specifications. The low bid for item 1 was submitted by Vermeer Equipment of Texas, a non-local business. There were no bids submitted from local bidders for this item.
The low bid for item 2 submitted by Associated Supply Co...
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