Memorandum
Date: March 15, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Scott De Leon, Public Works Director
Subject: Approve the purchase of two sport utility vehicles, and authorize the Public Works Director/Assistant Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order through the Statewide Bid Contract to Downtown Ford in the amount of $66,598.16.
Executive Summary:
The FY 21/22 budget for the ISF Central Garage Division (BU 9905) of the Public Works Department was recently modified at mid-year to include appropriations for the purchase of two sport utility vehicles that will be placed in the Central Garage Fleet. Today's item is intended to provide staff with the approval to purchase these replacement vehicles.
Annually, the State of California's Procurement Division, complying with legal competitive bidding requirements, solicits vehicle bids throughout the State of California. A State Contract is issued to the low bidders and the results are published and distributed to local agencies. Local agencies are given the opportunity to purchase these vehicles through the state at the same cost as the state. Due to a lack of inventory, we only received one quote for the vehicles.
In an effort to purchase vehicles locally, vehicle make and models are identified in the State Contract and this detailed information is delivered to our local dealership to solicit their proposals on suggested or equivalent vehicles. Also due to inventory issues, the local vendor was unable to provide a price quotation for these vehicles.
By approving this purchase, your Board concludes that this purchase is being made in accordance with Ordinance 3109 and Section 38.4 Cooperative Purchases of Chapter 2 of the Lake County Code, which allows the County to "piggyback" on other agencies competitively awarded contracts.
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