Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a purchase order with Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of a 50 foot bucket truck, for the Division of Power and Water. The lowest, responsive, responsible bidder is Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. at $169,040.00. They do not have MBE/FBE status. This purchase has been approved by the Fleet Management Division.
The Purchasing Office opened formal bids on July 17, 2008. Three (3) bids were received. A tabulation of that bid is available on the attached recommendation letter.
SUPPLIER: Utility Truck Equipment, Inc., CC# 31-0989420, expiration date: December 06, 2009
Fiscal Impact: Adequate appropriation remains in the division's operating budget to allow this purchased.
No similar expenditures in 2006 or 2007.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order with Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of a 50 foot bucket truck for the Division of Power and Water, and to authorize the expenditure of $169,040.00 from the Electricity Operating Fund. ($169,040.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office opened formal bids on July 17, 2008 for the purchase of a 50 foot bucket truck for the Division of Power and Water, and
WHEREAS, the Division of Power and Water recommends an award to be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. and,
WHEREAS, it has become necessary to issue a purchase order in accordance with the terms, conditions, and specifications of Solicitation Number: SA002951 on file in the Purchasing Office, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare, now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Finance and Management be and is hereby authorized to establish a purchase order with Utility Truck Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of a 50 foot bucket truck for the Division of Power and Water, in accordance with specifications on file in the Purchasing Office.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $169,040.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, be and the same hereby is authorized from the Electricity Operating Fund, Fund No. 550, OCA 600742, Object Level 1: 06, Object Level 03: 6652.
Section 3. That this Ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.