Res 159-2017 11/21/2017Resolution No. _159-2017__
Resolution authorizing award of bid for the purchase of eleven (11)
2018 Ford Utility Police Interceptors from the low bidder Caldwell
Country Ford, LLC, in the amount of $324,610.00; or to the local bidder
Wichita Falls Ford-Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $330,552.53
WHEREAS, the City advertised and requested bids for the purchase of eleven (11)
2018 Ford Utility Police Interceptors; and ,
WHEREAS, the City has reviewed the bid from the low bidder, Caldwell Country,
in the amount of $324,610.00; and the local bidder Wichita Falls Ford Lincoln, Inc., in the
amount of $330,552.53, and find both acceptable ; and,
WHEREAS, Local Government Code Section §271.9051 …..allows a municipality
to award a bid that is within five percent of the lowest bid price received to the bidder
whose principal place of business is in the municipality if the governing body of the
municipality determines, in writing, that the local bidder offers the municipality the best
combination of contract price and additional economic development opportunities for the
municipality created by the contract award, including the employment of residents of the
municipality and increased tax revenues to the municipality…...
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT:
City staff are authorized to execute all documents necessary to purchase:
Eleven Ford Utility Police Interceptors from the l ocal bidder, Wichita Falls
Ford-Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $330,552.53.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 21st day of November, 2017.
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ATTEST:
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City Clerk