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Santa Monica
City Council Meeting: October 26, 2010
Agenda Item: ~-~
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Susan Cline, Acting Director of Public Works
Subject: Heavy-Duty Vehicle Lift Procurement
Recommended Action
Staff recommends that the City Council:
1. Authorize the City Manager to issue a purchase order to Southwest Lift &
Equipment, Inc., aCalifornia-based company, for the purchase and installation of
two heavy-duty vehicle lifts in an amount noYto exceed $190,000.
2. Authorize the budget changes as outlined in the Financial Impacts & Budget
Actions section of this report.
Executive Summary
The City requires the purchase and installation of two heavy-duty vehicle lifts to provide
maintenance services for a variety of City vehicles. Staff has determined that Skylift,
manufactured by Stertil Koni and distributed by Southwest Lift & Equipment, Inc., best
meets the requirements of the installation. The Santa Monica Municipal Code allows
exception to competitive bidding when goods or services have been competitively bid by
another federal, state, or county agency. Southwest Lift & Equipment, Inc. has agreed
to furnish the lifts in accordance with the competitively bid U.S. General Services
Administration (GSA) Schedules contract pricing in an amount not to exceed $190,000.
Discussion
Two existing vehicle lifts located at the City's Fleet Maintenance facility are inoperable
and must be replaced in order to provide fleet maintenance services for a variety of City
vehicles, including large trucks and equipment. Staff evaluated several lift systems and
recommends Skylift, manufactured by Stertil Koni and distributed by Southwest Lift &
Equipment, Inc., for this application. Stertil-Koni is a leading provider of heavy-duty lifts
to the vehicle maintenance industry. Skylift has the capacity to lift a large variety of
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vehicles in the City's fleet in a safe and. efficient manner. The system can be easily
installed in the existing facility.
Section 2.24.080 (b) of the Santa Monica Municipal Code allows exception to
competitive bidding when goods or services have been competitively bid by another
federal, state, or county agency. Staff recommends that the applicable GSA Schedules
contract pricing be used for the procurement of these two-heavy duty vehicle lifts. GSA
Schedules contracts are negotiated with the intent of achieving the contractors' "most
favored customer" pricing and discounts under similar conditions and provide access to
over 11 million commercial products and services at volume discount pricing.
Southwest Equipment & Lift, Inc. has agreed to furnish two lifts in accordance with the
pricing schedule under GSA Contract No. GS-07F-5890R in an amount not to exceed
$190,000,
Financial Impacts & Budget Actions
The purchase order to be awarded to Southwest Lift & Equipment, Inc. is $190,000.
Purchase order award requires a budget transfer of $190,000 from account
0540167.589000 to account M010085.589000.
Prepared by: Rick Sikes, Fleet Maintenance Superintendenf
Approved:
Susan li
Acting Director of Public Works
Forwarded to Council:
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Rod Gould
City Manager
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