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File #: 1246-18    Version: A Name: Communication from the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works/Operations requesting permission to waive formal bidding procedures for the purchase of budgeted loader vehicles.
Type: Communication Status: Passed
File created: 11/27/2018 In control: Public Works and Services Committee
On agenda: Final action: 12/18/2018
Title: Subject: (Direct Referral) Communication from the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works/Operations requesting permission to waive formal bidding procedures for the purchase of budgeted loader vehicles. Recommendation of the Public Works and Services Committee on 12-11-18: The request of the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works/Operations to waive formal bidding procedures be approved in accordance with Racine Municipal Code Section 46-28 that allows for the waiving of formal public bids for purchases over $25,000 for the purpose of maintaining uniformity of equipment and services. Further recommends that the Purchasing Agent be authorized and directed to negotiate and purchase one Case 621F Wheel Loader with 4-in-1 bucket and snow plow from Miller-Bradford and Risberg, Inc., for the price of $213,000, they being the sole source provider of this equipment. Fiscal Note: Funding to defray the cost of these $213,000 vehicles is available in Org-Object 45140-57311, DPW Equipment Vehic...
Sponsors: John Tate II
Attachments: 1. 1246-18 Waive Formal Bidding Loader.pdf, 2. #1246-18 Resolution

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Subject: (Direct Referral) Communication from the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works/Operations requesting permission to waive formal bidding procedures for the purchase of budgeted loader vehicles.

 

Recommendation of the Public Works and Services Committee on 12-11-18: The request of the Assistant Commissioner of Public Works/Operations to waive formal bidding procedures be approved in accordance with Racine Municipal Code Section 46-28 that allows for the waiving of formal public bids for purchases over $25,000 for the purpose of maintaining uniformity of equipment and services.

 

Further recommends that the Purchasing Agent be authorized and directed to negotiate and purchase one Case 621F Wheel Loader with 4-in-1 bucket and snow plow from Miller-Bradford and Risberg, Inc., for the price of $213,000, they being the sole source provider of this equipment.

 

Fiscal Note: Funding to defray the cost of these $213,000 vehicles is available in Org-Object 45140-57311, DPW Equipment Vehicles.