Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Kaffenbarger Truck Equipment Company for the purchase of Four (4) Service Bodies for the Division of Water. The four (4) Service Bodies will be mounted on Division of Water cabs and chassis’ purchased from the Light Duty Truck universal term contract earlier in the 2016 fiscal year. The vehicles will be used by the Consumer Services Section as they remove and replace residential water meters and will replacing BT21658, BT23005, BT2006 and BT2008.
The Purchasing Office advertised and solicited competitive bids in accordance with the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 relating to competitive bidding (Solicitation RFQ002724). Forty-six (46) vendors were solicited and three (3) bids were received and opened on September 15, 2016.
After a review of the bids, Ace Truck, Body, Inc. was found to be non-responsive to Section 6.3, which required the bidder to provide the make and model of what they were quoting. The Division of Water recommends the award be made to Kaffenbarger Truck Equipment Company, the lowest responsible and responsive and best bidder for item one (1) which is four (4) Knapheide Model 696D38FJ Flip-Top Service Bodies for a total award amount of $41,400.00.
The company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
SUPPLIER: Kaffenbarger Truck Equipment Company., Contract Compliance Number: 31-0802979, Expires 4/28/18.
FISCAL IMPACT: $41,400.00 is budgeted for this purchase.
$132,400.00 was spent in 2015.
$82,500.00 was spent in 2014.
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a contract with Kaffenbarger Truck Equipment Company for the purchase of Four (4) Service Bodies for the Division of Water an...
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