City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	June 8, 2005
TO:	Mike Wildgen
	City Manager
FROM:	Alan D. Landis
	Purchasing Specialist

On June 7, 2005, the City of Lawrence opened proposals for the following:  

Bid#0521 –  One (1) Toolcat Tool Carrier – Public Works Department

VENDOR	TOTAL  BID
KC Bobcat	$42,420.60
White Star	42,650.00
Bobcat of Platte City, Mo	43,250.00

Public Works Solid Waste requested bids for a Toolcat Tool Carrier.  The equipment presently in use, a 1985 Yale forklift, Unit 943, is unreliable and has high maintenance costs.   The Toolcat Tool Carrier we are requesting is a propane powered wheeled machine for indoor use similar to a forklift but with the ability to use multiple attachments in addition to forks.  It will be used inside our recycling facility for pushing off-loaded paper and cardboard to the balers, and moving, stacking, and loading bales of cardboard or paper.  This purchase was approved in the 2005 budgeting process.

Recommendation Action:

Approve bid from KC Bobcat for (1) Toolcat Tool Carrier in the amount of $42,420.60     (Public Works/Sanitation)

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