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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FS16-183 and award a contract to Warren Anderson Ford, dba Fritts Ford, of Riverside, CA, for the purchase of 44 pursuit-rated Ford Interceptor Utility Vehicles, in a total amount not to exceed $1,671,954, inclusive of taxes and fees. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Fritts Ford, for the purchase and delivery of 44 pursuit-rated Ford Interceptor Utility Vehicles. These vehicles will support 24-7 emergency operations by the Police Department citywide. The units to be replaced are 2007 models with a normal life expectancy of five years, or 95,000 miles. They are now four years past their useful life and are in poor condition. This equipment was part of the approved replacement plan for Fiscal Year 2016.
The bid was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on August 27, 2016, and 1,248 potential bidders specializing in vehicle sales were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 15 downloaded the bid via the City’s electronic bid system. The bid document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing
. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 22 local, minority, and women-owned business groups. Four bids were received on September 19, 2016. Of those four bidders, one was a Minority-owned Business Enterprise (MBE), one was a Women-owned Business Enterprise (WBE), two were certified Small Business Enterprises (SBEs), and one was a Long Beach business (Local). Warren Anderson Ford, Inc. dba Fritts Ford, of Riverside, CA (SBE and WBE), was the lowest responsible bidder.
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