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AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE LINKING AGREEMENT WITH FREIGHTLINER OF ARIZONA, LLC, FOR THE PURCHASE OF ONE DUMP TRUCK AND FOR FUTURE PURCHASES OF FOUR REARLOAD TRUCKS
Staff Contact: Jack Friedline, Director, Public Works
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to authorize the City Manager to enter into Amendment No. 1 to the Linking Agreement with Freightliner of Arizona, LLC, Contract No. C-10961, for an increase of $1,179,708 to a not to exceed amount of $1,432,016.35, for the entire term of the Agreement, for the purchase of one dump truck and future purchases of four rearload trucks, and to authorize the City Manager to renew the Agreement, at the City Manager's discretion, for an additional two, one-year renewals. The initial term of the Agreement is effective until January 14, 2017.
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Background
Freightliner of Arizona, LLC was awarded a bid by the State of Arizona for Medium and Heavy Duty Cab and Chassis on January 9, 2014. Contract No. ADSPO15-093361 had an initial one year term with the option to extend an additional four, one-year renewals, allowing the contract to be extended through January 14, 2019.
Council authorized entering into a Linking Agreement with Freightliner of Arizona, LLC, Contract No. C-10961, utilizing the State of Arizona contract, for the purchase of one rear load truck for the Right of Way Division of Public Works, with an initial term effective through January 14, 2017.
Cooperative purchasing allows counties, municipalities, schools, colleges and universities in Arizona to use a contract that was competitively procured by another governmental entity or purchasing cooperative. Such purchasing helps reduce the cost of procurement, allows access to a multitude of competitively bid contracts, and provides the opportunity to take advantage of volume pricing. The Glendale City Code authorizes cooperative purchases when the solicitation process u...
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