Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to enter into contract with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Co. for the purchase of a walk behind floor scrubber. This equipment will be used to clean the interior parking and vehicle garages at the Fleet Management facility.
Formal bids were solicited via RFQ016367 and the City received five (5) bids on September 4, 2020 as follows:
Contract Sweepers & Equipment Co. - (CC#: 31-0780604, exp. 4/15/21, MAJ): $10,689.00
Friends Business Source - (CC#: 34-1690683, exp. 4/20/22, MAJ): $8,990.20 *
Grainger - (CC#: 36-1150280, exp. 3/4/22, MAJ): $9,508.40 *
Tennant Sales & Service - (CC#: 41-1986217, exp. 10/10/21, MAJ): $9,894.42 *
Tarazi, LLC - (CC#: 84-3647481, exp. 11/18/21, MAJ): $11,800.00
* Three responses did not meet the specifications required. Tennant Sales & Service and Grainger both provided bids for a Tennant T500e floor scrubber which has a 340 Watt vacuum motor; the specs requested a 560 Watt or higher vacuum motor. Friends Business Source provided a bid for a NSS Wrangler floor scrubber which has disc brushes; the specifications requested cylindrical brushes.
The Fleet Management Division recommends the bid award be made to the lowest, responsive, and responsible bidder, Contract Sweepers & Equipment Company.
Contract Sweepers & Equipment Co CC#: 31-0780604 ; Expires 4-15-21
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $10,689.00 from the Fleet Management Capital Fund with Contract Sweepers & Equipment Co for the purchase of a walk behind floor scrubber. The ordinance also authorizes the transfer of funds between projects within the Fleet Management Capital Fund and an amendment to the 2019 Capital Improvement Budget. The Fleet Management Division budgeted $400,000 for capital funded projects. In 2019 $278,701.00 was expended for capital funded projects.
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To authorize the Finance and Management Director, on behalf of the Fleet Mana...
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