DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Light & Medium Duty Service Trucks
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of contracts with Ancira Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, Gunn Chevrolet LTD., Gunn Nissan LTD, Kyrish Truck Center, and Red McCombs Ford to provide twenty-four Light & Medium Duty Service Vehicles for a total cost of $871,396.27.
Funding for twenty-two replacement vehicles in the amount of $794,717.02 is available from the FY 2019 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund Budget, one vehicle addition in the amount of $33,643.75 from the FY 2019 General Fund Budget, and one vehicle addition in the amount of $43,035.50 from the 2018 Urban Area Security Initiative Grant.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of eight bids to provide twenty-two replacement and two additional Light & Medium Duty Service Vehicles for a total cost of $871,396.27. This purchase includes eight mini cargo vans, one crew cab compact truck, three 1/2 ton trucks, three 3/4 ton regular cab trucks, eight 1 ton trucks and one 12 cubic yard dump truck.
These vehicles will be utilized by Building & Equipment Services, Development Services, Fire, Transportation and Capital Improvements, Parks & Recreation, and Solid Waste Management departments. Vehicles shall be used to support City facilities maintenance, parks and creekway maintenance, transporting of signage, trailer towing, refuse cart transport, traffic barrel transport, and aggregate hauling.
The Invitation for Bid (IFB) was evaluated based on the published bid specifications.
Item #5 was deleted and will be rebid at a later date.
ISSUE:
These contracts will provide twenty-four light & medium duty service vehicles that are used for daily operations across six departments. Twenty-two vehicles are replacements of current vehicles, and two vehicles will be additions to th...
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