DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Police Tahoe's
SUMMARY:
An ordinance accepting the offer from Caldwell Country Chevrolet to provide three (3) Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicles for the San Antonio Police Department for a total cost of $103,908.00. Funding for two (2) replacement vehicles in the amount of $69,672.00 is available from the FY 2019 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF) Budget and for one (1) additional vehicle in the amount of $34,236.00 the FY 2019 Confiscated Property Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the offer submitted by Caldwell Country Chevrolet to provide the San Antonio Police Department with two replacement and one additional Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicles for a total cost of $103,908.00. The additional unit is funded from the Confiscated Property Fund and will not be placed into the Equipment Renewal and Replacement program.
ISSUE:
This contract will provide a total of two replacement and one additional Chevrolet Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicles for the Police Department.
These units will be purchased from Caldwell Country Chevrolet utilizing the Texas BuyBoard contract #521-16 and will be made in accordance with the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative passed on Ordinance No. 97097 dated January 30, 2003.
These vehicles will have a three year/36,000 mile bumper to bumper and five year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty.
The Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Ordinance requirements were waived due to the lack of small, minority, and/or women businesses available to provide these goods and services.
The recommended award is an exception to the Local Preference Program.
The Veteran-Owned Business Program does not apply to good/supplies contracts, so no preference was applied to this contract.
ALTERNATIVES:
All of the replaced unit...
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