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MOTIONS - 7/21/82
9. Replacement heavy duty trucks be purchased as follows on the basis of
low bid:
Tradewinds Ford Sales, Corpus Christi:
4 10,000 gross vehicle weight (GVW) cabs and chassis
for the Wastewater Services and Water Divisions
including two with service bodies for the Signs s
Markings activity of the Traffic and Transit Dept. $ 37,755.40
8 20,000 GVW cabs and chassis for the Street Division
with 5 with dump bodies 113,725.07
4 20,000 GVW cabs and chassis for the Park Division
-- 2 with brush bodies, one with stake body and
one with trash body 63,054.63
1 20,000 GVW cab and chassis for Wastewater Services 12,612.81
3 23,000 GVW cabs and chassis for the Wastewater
Services 45,100.16
1 23,000 GVW cab and chassis with oil field body
for the Gas Division 19,497.98
Total - $291,746.05
Edaburn, International, Corpus Christi:
4 20,000 GVW cab and chassis for the Sanitation
Division $ 56,189.12
Grand Total - $347,935.17
Bids were received from three firms. The trucks will all be 1983
models. Prices have increased approximately 20% since the last bid on
1981 models. All trucks are recommended with gasoline engines except
for the four for Sanitation which are recommended with propane engines
on an experimental basis. Alternative bids were solicited for diesel
engines on the 20,000 and 23,000 GVW trucks. The low bids on the
diesel engines were $4,000 to $5,000 higher per unit than for gasoline
engines. A staff analysis indicates that the initial difference in
cost between the gasoline and diesel engines will not be offset by the
greater fuel efficiency of diesel engines over the expected life and
mileage of the trucks.
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