City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	March 2, 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. 

Fire/Medical Department is requesting to purchase a one ton pickup.  This pickup is needed to pull the Hazardous Materials trailer.  Presently they are using a 1993 Ford Explorer (Unit 604) with high mileage and maintenance costs.  They feel the Explorer is unreliable in emergency situations.  This vehicle purchase was approved in the Department’s 2005 budget request. 

Recommendation Action:

Approve purchase of one (1) one ton 4X4 crew cab pickup from Shawnee Mission Ford off the MACPP bid in the amount of $25,914.00 (Fire/Medical)

cc:	Dave Corliss	Jim McSwain
	Frank Reeb	Mark Bradford
	Bobbie Walthall	Steve Stewart
	Diane Trybom	Mike Wallis