City of Lawrence

Finance Department

MEMORANDUM

DATE:	February 21, 2008
TO:	David Corliss
	City Manager
FROM:	Alan D. Landis
	Purchasing Specialist

THREE (3) Rear Load Refuse TruckS – Public Works – Bid#08008

Public Works Solid Waste requested bids for three rear load refuse trucks. Solid Waste equipment is replaced according to our equipment replacement schedule. The equipment replacement schedule is based on age, mileage, hours of use, and cost of maintenance and upkeep. Solid Waste has three rear load refuse trucks that meet the criteria for replacement. Burnup Equipment Company submitted two bids and Roy Conley & Company submitted three bids. The difference in the bids were the make of the chassis and the make of the packer, however the low bid from Roy Conley & Company met the required specifications of the bid. The low bid from Roy Conley offered $33,000 each for these trucks as a trade in price. We have been monitoring comparable trucks on Gov Deals and find they have been selling for between $23,000 and $26,000 each. This purchase was approved in the 2008 budgeting process.

VENDOR	TOTAL BID
Roy Conley & Company	364,956.00
Roy Conley & Company, Alternate	366,000.00
Roy Conley & Company, Alternate	373,311.00
Burnup Equipment	457,932.00
Burnup Equipment, Alternate	467,892.00
American Equipment	373,119.00
Corbin Equipment	NO BID

Recommendation Action:

Approve low bid from Roy Conley for three (3) rear load refuse trucks in the amount of $364,956.00. (Public Works/Solid Waste)

cc:	Cynthia Boecker	Chuck Soules	Steve Stewart
	Dianne Stoddard	Tammy Bennett	Diane Trybom
	Frank Reeb	Bob Yoos	Mark Able
	Bobbie Walthall