City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	January 12, 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. 

Public Works Building Maintenance is requesting to replace their1993 pickup, Unit 715, with high mileage and maintenance costs.  Shawnee Mission Ford, the low bidder for pickups on the MACPP cooperative bid, offered a demonstrator pickup meeting the specifications we require.  Purchasing the demonstrator will save $1,178.00 off the MACPP bid.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one utility body pickup from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid in the amount of $18,537.00 (Public Works/Building Maintenance)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Chuck Soules
	Frank Reeb	Tammy Bennett
	Bobbie Walthall	Steve Stewart
	Diane Trybom	Steve Bennett