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PROPOSED CONTRACT (VEHICLE PURCHASE)
Department(s): Transportation and Highways
Vendor: BCR Automotive Group, LLC d/b/a Roesch Ford, Bensenville, Illinois
Request: Authorization for the Chief Procurement Officer to enter into and execute contract
Good(s) or Service(s): Forestry Tree Truck with Aerial Lift
Contract Value: $168,369.00
Contract period: 5/18/2016 - 5/17/2018
Potential Fiscal Year Budget Impact: FY 2015 $168,369.00
Accounts: 1550009246-549
Contract Number(s): 1545-14535
Concurrences:
The vendor has met the Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise Ordinance.
The Chief Procurement Officer concurs.
Summary: Competitive bidding procedures were followed in accordance with the Cook County Procurement Code. Bids were solicited for a forestry truck with an aerial lift. BCR Automotive Group LLC d/b/a Roesch Ford was the lowest, responsive and responsible bidder.
The current fleet of forestry trucks operated by the Department of Transportation and Highways Maintenance Bureau is 26 years of age. These trucks are utilized daily throughout all seasons and the inventory of aged fleet has extremely high mileage. To ensure public safety, limit the down time of faulty and damaged equipment, significantly reduce/eliminate repair costs and improve road maintenance efficiencies new equipment is imperative.
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