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ADMINISTRATIVE REPORT
MEETING DATE:  6/28/2023Consent – Bids  aq.
TO:Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM:Randy McKeegan, Finance Director
DATE:5/26/2023
WARD: 
SUBJECT:

Purchase of a 10,500 lb. Gas Powered Truck with 9’ Service Body & Ladder Rack for the General Services Division.

 

  1. Accept bid from Three Way Chevrolet ($62,894.95) for a service truck.
  2. Appropriate $12,894.95 Equipment Management Fund balance to the Public Works Department’s Operating Budget which includes transfers from the Public Safety Vital Services Measure to complete the purchase of a service truck.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:

Staff recommends acceptance of the bid and approval of the appropriation.
BACKGROUND:

Bids were solicited for a 10,500 lb. Gas Powered Truck with 9’ Service Body & Ladder Rack for the General Services Division within the Public Works Department.  Five bids were received in response to the solicitation.

 

This truck is an additional unit to be issued to a maintenance technician for routine servicing of City facilities as well as general infrastructure maintenance and repairs. Funds are budgeted in the Equipment Management Fund which includes transfers from the Public Safety Vital Services Measure to complete this purchase. 

 

The five bids submitted are as follows:

 

BIDDER

AMOUNT

MAKE/MODEL BID

Three Way Chevrolet

Bakersfield, CA

$62,894.95

Chevrolet

Silverado 2500 Crew Cab 2WD

UAG Cerritos I, LLC

Bakersfield, CA

$64,047.90

Chevrolet

Silverado 2500HD Reg Cab

Motor City GMC, Bakersfield, CA

$64,134.41

GMC

TC20903

Motor City GMC, Bakersfield, CA

$65,273.20

GMC

TC20953

Motor City GMC, Bakersfield, CA

$67,438.20

GMC

TC20943

 

 

 

Staff finds the bid submitted by Three Way Chevrolet in Bakersfield, for $62,894.95, to be acceptable and recommends approval of the purchase.