City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	January 25, 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. 

This year Neighborhood Resources Code Enforcement is requesting to purchase a new pickup off the MACPP bid.  The purchase of this pickup was submitted and approved in the department’s 2005 budget request.  Presently they are using a 1997 pickup, Unit 856, with high mileage and maintenance costs.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one pickup from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid in the amount of $17,590.00 (Neighborhood Resources/Code Enforcement)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Victor Torres
	Frank Reeb	Steve Stewart
	Bobbie Walthall	Barry Walthall
	Diane Trybom