DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Light and Heavy Equipment
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of contracts with Associated Supply Company, dba ASCO Equipment, Harris County Rentals dba Texas State Rentals, and H&V Equipment Services, Inc. to provide six light and heavy equipment for the Solid Waste Management, Public Works, Center City Development and Operations, and Police departments for a total cost of $543,277.91.
Funding in the amount of $51,009.21 is available from the FY 2021 General Fund Budget, $298,390.00 from the FY 2021 Solid Waste Operating and Management Fund Budget, and $193,878.70 from the FY 2021 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF) Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of nine bids to provide one articulated wheeled loader with a 2.5 cubic yard bucket to remove drainage channel debris for the Public Works Department and two articulated wheeled loaders with a 4 cubic yard bucket to be used at brush recycling centers for the Solid Waste Management Department. Three forklifts will be used for warehouse and materials management functions for Solid Waste Management, Center City Development and Operations and Police departments.
The Invitation for Bid (IFB) was evaluated based on the published bid specifications.
There were no bids received for Item 1, 15-ton pneumatic rollers and will be re-bid at a later date.
Item 2 is recommended for award to H & V Equipment Services, Inc. in accordance with the Local Preference Program and will result in an additional cost to the City of $1,023.00. H & V Equipment Services, Inc., the recommended local bidder, submitted a bid of $127,773.00 and is within 3% of Nueces Power Equipment, the lowest non-local bidder, who submitted a bid of $126,750.00.
Item 3 is recommended for award to Harris County Rentals dba Texas State Rentals, a loc...
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