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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract with Seaway Boat Company, for the purchase of two Fire Rescue Boats per quote dated May 23, 2006, on the same terms and conditions as are afforded to the County of Orange, California in an amount not to exceed $797,171 including tax, with an option for a 10 percent contingency if necessary and if funds are available.
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to enter into a contract for the purchase of two Fire Rescue Boats for the Long Beach Fire Department. The Long Beach Fire Department Marine Safety Division uses these boats for fire suppression and rescue on the waterways and in the marinas.
Fleet Services Bureau is requesting authorization to purchase two Fire Rescue Boats. The new boats will replace existing boats ranging in age from 21 to 22 years old. These boats are scheduled FY 06 replacements and are now past their expected life cycle. The budgeted replacement cycle of a Fire Rescue Boat is 20 years. The two boats to be replaced are at such an advanced age that managing maintenance costs and repair downtime is creating excessive inefficiencies.
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 County of Orange had completed a competitive bid process for Fire Rescue Boats and has a purchase order with Seaway Boat Company that meets the City's needs. This cooperative purchase agreement will facilitate the timely acquisition of the Fire Rescue Boats and provide cost benefits to the City.
Seaway Boat Company has agreed to sell two Fire Rescue Boats to the City of Long Beach unde...
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