Res 024-2016 3/1/2016Resolution No. _24-2016__
Resolution authorizing award of bid for the purchase of two 1 -ton
service trucks with L-21 winches from the low bidder, Wichita Falls
Ford-Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $74,334.94; and award of bid for
the purchase of one 1-ton service truck with a 2700AR winch to the
local bidder Wichita Falls Ford -Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of
$43,877.47
WHEREAS, the City advertised and requested bids for the purchase of three 1-
ton service trucks, two to be equipped with L -21 winches and one to be equipped with a
2700AR winch; and,
WHEREAS, the city has reviewed the bid from the low bidder for the 1-ton
service truck with a 2700AR winch, Pruitt Ford, LLC in the amount of $43,707.95; and
the local bidder Wichita Falls Ford-Lincoln, Inc., in the amount of $43,877.47, 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:
Two 1-ton service trucks with L-21 winches from the low bidder Wichita
Falls Ford-Lincoln, Inc. in the amount of $74,334.94;
and,
One 1-ton service truck with a 2700AR winch from the local bidder,
Wichita Falls Ford-Lincoln, Inc. in the amount of $43,877.47.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 1st day of March, 2016.
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City Clerk