Explanation
BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish a purchase order for the Department of Building and Zoning Services to purchase 6 small Ford SUV vehicles from George Byers Sons Inc. Vehicles will be purchased through the city-wide universal term contract approved by Purchasing.
Item Quantity Total Cost
Ford Edge 6 $209,952.00
George Byers Sons Inc, Vendor # 006008, PA004790 (Exp. 6/30/24) - Light Duty Trucks
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid delay and disruption in the usual daily operations of Building and Zoning Services so that the vehicles can be purchased in a timely manner to avoid delay caused by the instability of the automobile supply chain, resultant market volatility of all the OEMs that continues with the ongoing shortage of chips and other critical supply line parts to produce vehicles, resulting in limited availability causing vehicle order windows to open and close, at random, with little to no notice, in order to timely purchase the vehicles.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this purchase is budgeted and available within the Development Services Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to establish a purchase order for the purchase of vehicles for the Department of Building and Zoning Services; to authorize an expenditure from the Development Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($209,952.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Purchasing Office has established contracts for the purchase of vehicles; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Building and Zoning Services is in need of vehicles to replace older vehicles; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to establish funding per the terms and conditions of an existing universal term contract; and
WHEREAS, funding is available for these purchases within the Development Services Fund; and
WHEREAS, an ...
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