Explanation
Background: The Transportation Division is responsible for maintaining the City's roadway system. To accomplish this mission the Division requires two skid steer loaders with trailers. Skid steer loaders are small yet versatile machines that can be attached to a wide variety of equipment such as pavement grinders for road repairs, snow blowers for winter operations in tight corners, buckets for moving materials, pallet forks for cargo handling and backhoes for small-job trenching applications. The attachments will enable the skid steer loaders to be utilized on a year-round basis. These skid steer loaders will augment Transportation's fleet. The division currently possesses four skid loaders. The addition of two loaders will enable the division to have a loader at each of its six field locations.
Bids were advertised in the City Bulletin and were received by the Purchasing Office on March 17, 2005, for Bid SA-001564GRW as follows:
Vendor / Unit Bid / Bid Amount / Vendor Status
Air Equipment Rental Corporation / Gehl 6640 / $117,975 / Majority
Southeastern Equipment Company / Case 465 / $140,933 / Majority
Franklin Tractor Sales / New Holland LS 190B / $141,771 / Majority
Ohio CAT / Caterpillar 268B MA11 / $149,360 / Majority
The Transportation Division recommends that a contract be awarded to Air Equipment Rental Corporation, contract compliance number 34-1722192 (expires November 3, 2007) as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bidder. Their bid price for two units is $117,975.00.
Fiscal Impact: The Transportation Division budgeted $3.17 million in the 2004 Capital Improvements Budget (CIB) for street equipment. All of these funds from the July 2004 bond sale have either been expended or encumbered for existing purchases of street equipment. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $117,975.00. Therefore, this ordinance authorizes a transfer of $117,975.00 within the Transportation Division's 2...
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