REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
April 25, 2019
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, Director
Department of Transportation
BY: BRIAN BARR, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
DUANE MYERS, Fleet Manager
Department of Transportation, Municipal Fleet Division
CLIFF TRAUGH, Senior Management Analyst
Department of Transportation, Municipal Fleet Division
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the award of a cooperative purchase contract to Pape Machinery Inc. of Fowler, California, for the purchase of seven Trail King equipment trailers in the amount of $251,286
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve the award of a cooperative purchase contract to Pape Machinery Inc. of Fowler, California, for the purchase of seven Trail King equipment trailers in the amount of $251,286.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Public Works (DPW) and Department of Public Utilities (DPU) is requesting approval to purchase seven Trail King equipment trailers in the amount of $251,286. The new trailers will be used to transport backhoes and heavy equipment to jobsites. Of the seven trailers, six will be for DPW and one will be for DPU. Four of the requested units will be replacements and three will be additions to the growing DPW, Street Maintenance Division. The trailers will be purchased through a competitively solicited cooperative procurement process administered by Source Well, formally the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA).
BACKGROUND
DPW, Street Maintenance Division provides service to the residents of Fresno through the construction and maintenance of roadways. This work is performed with medium-size backhoes transported to jobsites by truck and trailer. As replacement cycles have decommissioned older generations of backhoes, the trailers used for transport have not been replaced at the same rate. The three trailers due for replacement are 17 years old and experiencing increased repair costs due to stressed frames.
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