REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 27, 2017
FROM: BRIAN R. MARSHALL, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: JIM SCHAAD, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
TIM OLDAY, Fleet Manager, Public Safety
Department of Transportation
SUBJECT
Title
Award a purchase contract in the amount of $655,785.61 to Stommel Inc. dba Lehr Auto Electric for the purchase of hardware packages for the police patrol SUVs (City-wide) (Bid File 3534)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council award a purchase contract in the amount of $655,785.61 for the purchase of sixty (60) sets of hardware (hardware packages) to up-fit sixty (60) police patrol SUVs.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Council recently approved a 3-year requirements contract to purchase police patrol SUVs for the Police Department. The Fleet Management Division placed an initial order of sixty (60) units to replace vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life. Each SUV requires additional hardware to make the police patrol SUV operational for law enforcement duty. Fleet Management completed a competitive bid for sixty (60) packages of the necessary hardware. The hardware package includes push bumpers, gun locks, computers, prisoner transport seats and cages, and other safety equipment. The packages will be delivered to the City of Fresno and upon delivery installed into the police patrol SUVs.
BACKGROUND
The Police Department requires sixty (60) hardware packages to up-fit the recently purchased police patrol SUVs. The hardware package is necessary to complete the police patrol SUVs for police service within the city of Fresno. The hardware package consists of prisoner partitions, push bumpers, computers for GPS/Data/Reports, and all other equipment necessary to carryout law enforcement duties.
A competitive bid was prepared and advertised to perspective bidders on March 3, 2017, twenty-two (22) perspective bidders opened and reviewed the bid file. Four responses were received i...
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