CC MEETING: April 18, 2017
DATE: April 12, 2017
TO: Erin Rinehart, City Manager
FROM: Dwayne Bianco, Fleet and Facilities Director &Vince Priolo, Purchasing Manager
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Consider Approval Of The Purchase Of Eight (8) Vehicles From Reliable Chevrolet Through An Inter-Local Agreement With Tarrant County In An Amount Not To Exceed $32,752.97, For A Total Contract Amount Not To Exceed $293,921.00.
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BACKGROUND: The Tahoes were originally approved for purchase from Reliable Chevrolet by Council on March 21st, 2017, in Resolution number 3173. However, the original approval amount did not include additional specifications needed, such as ballistic panels and toolboxes. After updating the quotes there was a price increase of $32,752.97, from the same vendor.
Fleet Services is requesting the purchase of eight (8) Tahoes assigned to the Police and Fire Departments. The recommended purchase will consist of various configurations of the Chevrolet Tahoe vehicle. Five (5) front line vehicles in the Police pursuit operations will be retired through the remainder of the year. These units will be retired per Fleet's policy on age, mileage, and maintenance. One (1) Tahoe will replace unit 3041 for the Fire Department. Two (2) Tahoe's will be added to the Police fleet for the commercial vehicle operations (unit 2405) and bicycle operations (unit 2404), as requested in the FY17 budget as ATB's.
The Tahoe's are available through multiple cooperatives that the City belongs too. Quotes were obtained for units available through Tarrant County and Goodbuy. Staff recommends moving forward with the bid from Reliable Chevrolet through Tarrant County. This cooperative entity meets all State of Texas competitive bidding requirements. Texas law authorizes this process so that the City can save the time of developing specifications and avoid the duplication of the competitive bidding process.
Fire Tahoe (unit 3041) Reliable (Tarrant County) $32,603.00
Silsbee (Goodbuy...
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