From
Jayson R. Ramirez, Fleet Services Manager
Title
Purchase of one (1) 2017 Kenworth T470 roll-off truck for the Landfill, one (1) 2017 Kenworth T470 flush truck for Wastewater Maintenance, two (2) 2017 Kenworth T370 utility body trucks for Water/Wastewater, and eight (8) 2017 Kenworth T440 tandem dump trucks through a national inner-local agreement with Buyboard from MHC Kenworth Dallas in the amount of $1,703,100.07
Presenter
Jayson R. Ramirez, Fleet Services Manager
Recommend Action
Approve
Analysis
These vehicles will replace existing class 7 and class 8 dump trucks in the fleet according to the city replacement schedule and are included in the FY 2017 Approved Budget. The replaced units are:
- one (1), unit, age 2008, class 8 roll-off truck in Landfill totaling $156,279.00,
- one (1), unit, age 2006, class 8 flush truck in Wastewater Maintenance totaling $324,161.85, and
- two (2), units, age 1999, class 7 utility body trucks in Wastewater Maintenance & Water Distribution totaling $244,984.02, and
- eight (8), units, age 1991-2000, class 7 and 8 dump trucks in Streets totaling $977,675.20.
* Chapter 271.102 of the Local Government Code authorizes local governments to participate in cooperative purchasing programs with other local governments or local cooperative organizations. In lieu of competitive bidding, items and services may be purchased through such agreements as they have performed the bidding processes by the sponsoring entities or agencies. The City of Grand Prairie utilizes existing master, inter-local cooperative agreements with various entities including Tarrant County interlocal agreement.
Buyboard provides us to save money through "economies of scale", pooled purchasing power of their members. They include hundreds of school districts, municipalities, counties, other local governments, and nonprofit entities across Texas. They use the power of numbers as leverage to get better prices with the same vendors we use now. A fe...
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