Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract and issue purchase orders as needed with BEC Enterprises LLC for the purchase of (1) Trail Mounted Aggregate Heater. This purchase will be made for the Department of Public Service, Division of Infrastructure Management.
The Division of Infrastructure Management will use the equipment to maintain and repair the streets throughout the City of Columbus. The City of Columbus, Fleet Management Division, approved the purchase of this equipment to replace equipment that has reached the end of its useful life.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 relating to competitive bidding (Solicitation RFQ032684) through Vendor Services. The City received three bids for the Trail Mounted Aggregate Heater on May 14, 2026 and they were tabulated as follows:
Company Name Bid Amount City/State Majority/MBE/FBE
The McLean Company $71,163.50 Columbus, OH Majority
Southeastern Equipment Co Inc. $55,772.50 Cambridge, OH Majority
BEC Enterprises LLC. $98,735.54 Evansville, IN Majority
The award is to be made to BEC Enterprises LLC as the lowest, responsive, responsible, and best bidder for all lines of its bid of $98,735.54. The other two bidders were deemed non-responsive because they did not meet the required specifications for this bid.
Searches in the System for Award Management (Federal) and the Findings for Recovery list (State) produced no findings against BEC Enterprises LLC
2. CONTRACT COMPLIANCE
The contract compliance number for BEC Enterprises LLC is CC045952 and expires on 11/14/2027.
3. FISCAL IMPACT
Budgeted funds will be used to purchase this equipment from the Streets & Highways Bond Fund, Fund 7704...
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