City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	February 9, 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. 

Utilities Quality Control is requesting to purchase a new pickup this year.  This pickup is used for emergency demand sampling, regulatory compliance, water and wastewater, watershed protection & distribution sampling.  It is to replace unit 747 with high mileage and high maintenance costs.  The purchase of this pickup was approved in the 2005 budgeting process.

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one pickup from Raytown Dodge off the MACPP bid in the amount of $15,529.00 (Utilities/Quality Control)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Roger Coffey
	Frank Reeb	Steve Stewart
	Bobbie Walthall	Chris Stewart
	Diane Trybom	Shari Stamer