Explanation
Background: Due to an inadvertent oversight, ordinance 1341-2013, passed July 1, 2013, referenced an incorrect contract number. This new ordinance reestablishes all the same provisions of what this earlier ordinance was intended to accomplish by repealing the ordinance and authorizing the purchase from the proper contract number.
This ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director to establish purchase orders with Byers Ford, in accordance with the terms and conditions of contract number FL005473, for the acquisition of forty eight (48) vehicles for the Fleet Management Division to be distributed to the following divisions: Support Services, Refuse, Recreation and Parks, Parking Violations Bureau (PVB), Fire, Police, and Planning and Operations. These new vehicles will be replacing older higher mileage vehicles that will reduce maintenance costs, and reduce petroleum fuel consumption.
Additionally, this ordinance authorizes the Finance and Management Director, Fleet Management to establish purchase orders with Ricart Properties for ten (10) used vehicles, of mixed models, for use as undercover police vehicles, in accordance with the terms and conditions of contract number FL004444.
The vehicles that are being purchased are as follows:
Support Services- Ford F150 (2)
Refuse- Ford F150 (4)
Recreation and Parks- Ford E150 (2); Ford E350 (2)
PVB- Ford F150 (2); Ford E150 (2)
Police- Ford E350-PTV (20); Various vehicles (10)
Fire- Ford F150 (1); Ford F250 (1)
Planning and Operations- Ford F150 (10); Ford E350 (2)
Byers Ford Contract Compliance Number is 31-4139860 and expires 02/10/2014
Ricart Properties Contract Compliance Number is 31-1282546 and expires 10/11/2014
These companies are not debarred according to the Federal excluded parties listing or prohibited from being awarded a contract to the Auditor of State unresolved findings for recovery certified search.
Fiscal Impact: A total of $936,912.00 will be spent from the Specia...
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