DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of contracts with Bluebonnet Ford, Doggett Freightliner of South Texas LLC, Grande Truck Center, and Santex Truck Centers to provide City departments with twenty-one (21) medium and heavy duty trucks for a total cost of $1,432,487.29.
Funding for seventeen (17) replacement trucks in the amount of $1,263,362.55 is available from the FY 2019 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF) Budget, one (1) replacement truck in the amount of $53,018.00 from the FY 2019 Airport Operations & Maintenance Fund Budget, one (1) replacement truck in the amount of $46,915.00 from the FY 2019 Community and Visitor Facilities Fund Budget, and two (2) additional trucks in the amount of $69,191.74 from the FY 2019 General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of five bids to provide nineteen replacement and two additional medium and heavy duty trucks for a total cost of $1,432,487.29.
These contracts will provide three 5th wheel tractor trucks, four 12 cubic yard dump trucks, one extended height service truck, one 12 foot stake bed with lift gate trucks, three custom traffic utility trucks, two 3 cubic yard dump trucks, four utility service trucks, one vector control truck, and two trucks with dump beds. This equipment will be utilized by the Transportation and Capital Improvements, Parks and Recreation, Solid Waste Management, Aviation, Health and Convention and Sports Facilities departments for various construction, maintenance, repair, and vector control projects throughout the City.
The Invitation for Bid (IFB) was evaluated based on the published bid specifications.
ISSUE:
These contracts will provide twenty-one medium duty trucks to meet the needs of the Transportation and Capital Improvements, Parks and...
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