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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract and any amendments thereto with Denardi Machinery, Inc., dba D3 Equipment, for the purchase of four Case 590SM backhoes on the same terms and conditions afforded to the City of San Diego in the total amount not to exceed $383,346, plus a
10 percent contingency (or $38,335), if necessary and if funds are available. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract for the purchase of four Case 590SM backhoes for the Long Beach Gas & Oil Department.
The Department of Public Works, Fleet Services Bureau, is requesting to purchase four Case 590SM backhoes as part of the 2009 replacement schedule in order to meet the deadline of March 1, 2010, to bring the City's use of off-road equipment to emissions compliant level. This will be achieved by replacing the older equipment with the new State of California Air Resources Board (CARB) certified powered equipment. This new equipment will replace existing equipment that is 20 years old, with a scheduled lifecycle of 12 years. The new backhoes will be issued to the Long Beach Gas & Oil Department, Construction Division, as the primary equipment used for street surface and earth removal. This equipment is used on a daily basis for the maintenance and installation of the main gas lines throughout the City of Long Beach.
The City Charter provides an alternative procurement method by permitting the City to purchase or otherwise obtain services, supplies, materials, equipment and labor with other governmental agencies by purchasing under their contracts on a voluntary and selective basis when authorized by a Resolution of the City Council.
The Department of Public Works, Fleet Services Bureau, investigated procurement options and learned that the City of San Diego had completed a competitive bid process in October 2003. The bid was awarded to Denardi Equipment Inc., dba 03...
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