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Council Meetmg August 11, 1998 Santa MOnica, California
TO Mayor and CIty Council
FROM City Staff
SUBJECT Recommendation to Award BId to Furnish and Deliver One New Four Wheel
Drive ArtIculatIng Tool Carner, Bid #2708
IntroductIon
This report recommends award of bid to furnish and delrver one new four wheel drive
articulating tool carner for the Street Maintenance DIvIsion, Environmental and Pubhc
Works Management Department, In the total amount of $102,432 80, mcludlng applicable
sales tax
Background
In response to published NotIces InVIting BIds (published May 28 and May 29, 1998) In
accordance wIth CIty speCificatIons, bids were receIved and publicly opened and read on
June 23, 1998 Proposal forms were mailed to SIX vendors and notices were advertIsed In
accordance wIth CIty Charter and MUniCipal Code provrslons Three proposals were
received as follows
VENDOR AMOUNT
SMA EqUipment $102,43280
Coastline EqUipment $115,255 00
Dmardl EqUipment $117,38630
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The new tool carner will replace a 1980 Clark Tractor Loader, umt number 13993 as part
of the Vehicle Replacement Program The four wheel dnve artIculatIng tool carner, WIll be
used to dig out asphalt, remove tree roots, and cleanup dIrt and debns It WIll also be
used to transport matenals to Job SItes and move steel plates
The purchase of thIs dIesel-powered vehIcle IS consIstent with the CIty's reduced
emiSSIons fuel polICY. There IS no California AIr Resources Board (CARB) approved
conversIon kit avaIlable for thIs vehIcle at this time, and there IS no estImate of when a
CARB approved conversion kit Will be available to convert the vehicle to compressed
natural gas
Staff has evaluated the low bid and finds that It meets CIty specifications
BudqetlFmanclallmpact
Fiscal Year 1998-99 appropriatIon authonty for thIS purchase IS In the Capital
Improvement Budget, account number 54-710-461-20098-8900-99167, "Fleet Vehicle
Replacement Program tl
RecommendatIon
It IS recommended that the award of Bid #2708 be made to SMA EqUIpment In the total
amount of $102,432 80, Includmg applicable sales tax, as the lowest responSIble bidder
Prepared By Pam Wortham, Purchasing Agent
Marganta Lee, Buyer
Ralph Merced, Fleet Maintenance Supenntendent
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