City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	January 6, 2005
TO:	Mike Wildgen
	City Manager
FROM:	Alan D. Landis
	Purchasing Specialist

Last August the City of Lawrence began working on a joint bid and cooperative purchasing agreement through Mid-America Council of Public Purchasing (MACPP) for 2005 vehicles.  There were fourteen other government entities besides Lawrence working on the bid including Douglas County and entities in the Kansas City area belonging to MACPP.  This year the City of Overland Park headed the bidding process and the bids were approved by the Overland Park City Council on November 8, 2004.  Ten vendors bid on 57 different vehicles. 

The Police Department is requesting to replace 11 patrol cars due to high mileage and high maintenance costs.  The purchase of the vehicles was approved in the budgeting process.

Recommendation Action: 

Approve purchase from Shawnee Mission Ford for eleven (11) Crown Victoria police cars off the MACPP cooperative bid in the amount of $20,976.00 each totaling $230,736.00. (Police/Patrol)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Chief Olin
	Frank Reeb	Morley Bregman
	Bobbie Walthall	Steve Stewart
	Diane Trybom