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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Vehicles from Berger Chevrolet (Oakland County Bid - $156,880.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of one 2018 Chevrolet Cruze sedan for $16,014.00, one 2018 Chevrolet Impala sedan for $23,353.00, one 2018 Chevrolet Colorado extended cab 2WD small pickup for $22,639.00, one 2018 Chevrolet Express 3500 15 passenger van for $29,163.00, one 2018 Chevrolet Traverse AWD crossover utility vehicle for $29,283.00, and one 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe 4WD police utility vehicle for $36,428.00 Berger Chevrolet, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for a total of $156,880.00.
The City's labor contracts with the Ann Arbor Police Officers Association and the Ann Arbor Police Supervisors require that vehicles used by their members will not be driven more than 80,000 miles or 6 years. The vehicles listed on this resolution will replace vehicles that will have reached the 80,000 miles' limit in the next year.
As background, the Police Unit of the Safety Services Area requires the fleet of detective vehicles to consist of a variety of makes, models, and body styles. As such, the fleet includes cars, pickups, and SUVs. To maintain this diversity, the Fleet and Facilities Unit develops a list of vehicles awarded a contract under one or more of the cooperative purchasing programs from the State of Michigan, Macomb County, and Oakland County. The Police Department then selects suitable vehicles from the list. Although greenhouse-gas emissions and fuel economy are factors, a diverse fleet is the overriding factor in choosing vehicles for this operation.
One of the primary objectives of the Fleet and Facilities Unit is ensuring the City's fleet is reliable and affordable. The Unit does this by establishing a replacement schedule for each class of vehicle. When a vehicle comes up on the replacement schedule, we use a two step evaluation process. The first step assesses five criteria: age, miles/hours of use, type of service, reliabi...
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