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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of Eleven 5 Yard Dump Trucks and Four Front Plows from Wolverine Truck Sales (ITB # 4219 $1,548,376.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of eleven dump trucks and four front mounting snowplows for use by the Public Services Area, Field Operations Unit. Nine dump trucks and the four front mounting plows are for use by the Street Maintenance group and the two remaining dump trucks for use by the Infrastructure group.
All eleven dump trucks will use 2013 Freightliner model 106 SD chassis. The nine Street Maintenance trucks will have Monroe model RD120 stainless steel dump bodies, Monroe model MS966 stainless steel salt spreaders, and Monroe model MS3510 underbody scrapers. The two Infrastructure trucks will have Crysteel brand dump bodies and Monroe underbody scrapers. The four front mounting plows will be Monroe model MP41R10-CT and will mount to any of the Street Maintenance trucks in this resolution or any of the existing trucks assigned to the Street Maintenance group.
Wolverine Truck Sales, Dearborn, MI using Truck and Trailer Specialties, Inc., Dutton, MI as its subcontractor/body installer, was the lowest responsible bidder to ITB # 4219, dated April 23, 2012 (See Attached Bid Tab). The price breakdown is as follows, Street Maintenance trucks are $140,488.00 each, Infrastructure trucks are $128,498.00 each, and the front mounting snowplows are $6,747.00 each for a total purchase price of $1,548,376.00.
These units will replace one 1999 model year dump truck in Infrastructure, five 2000 model year trucks in Street Maintenance, three 2001 model year trucks in Street Maintenance, one 2002 model year truck in Infrastructure, and one 2003 model year truck in Street Maintenance. Over the last five years these trucks have averaged $14,000.00 in repair cost each. The majority of the dump bodies have rusted out to a point that requires they be totally replaced at an estimated cost of $30,000.00 ea...
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