DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Medium Duty Trucks
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of contracts with Ancira Motor Company, Grande Truck Center, Grapevine DCJ, LLC, Gunn Chevrolet, LTD and Rush Truck Center to provide City departments with twelve replacement and three additional medium duty trucks for a total cost of $684,141.86.
Funding for this purchase is available in the FY 2018 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF) budget in the amount of $479,334.00, the FY 2018 Airport Operations & Maintenance Fund budget in the amount of $44,124.00, the FY 2018 Solid Waste Management (SWMD) Operating Fund budget in the amount $108,962.86, and the FY 2018 Transportation and Capital Improvements Stormwater Operating Fund budget in the amount of $51,721.00.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of six bids to provide fifteen medium duty trucks for a total cost of $684,141.86. This purchase includes eleven medium duty pickup trucks with various bodies, tool boxes, racks and/or lift gates; one pickup truck with a utility body and herbicide tank; one propane fueled pickup truck; and two class five cab-over fourteen foot box trucks with lift gate.
This equipment will be utilized by the Aviation, Parks and Recreation, Solid Waste Management and Transportation and Capital Improvements departments for various transportation needs, construction and/or repair projects throughout the City.
The Invitation for Bid (IFB) was evaluated based on the published bid specifications.
ISSUE:
These contracts will provide fifteen medium duty trucks to meet the needs of the Aviation, Parks and Recreation, Solid Waste Management and Transportation and Capital Improvements departments. Twelve trucks are replacement units. The replacement of these units is consistent with the City's Equipment Replacement and R...
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