1984-04-18 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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• • INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM MARCH 5, 1984 T0: D. Root - Equipment Services Superintendent FROM: J. Ray - Purchasing Ag ant l~ -~ ~- SUBJECT: Sealed Bid ~~0034 ~ % ~/ • Advertised sealed bids ~~0034 for the purchase and installation of a skid mounted, high-pressure cleaning system were opened and read in City Council Chambers February 27, 1984 at 4 p.m. It is the intent of the Equipment Ser- vices Division to use this unit to replace an Advance Washer Model ~~800-830 that is presently in use. The existing Advance washer was purchased in March of 1982 for approximately $700. The pump and motor in this unit have been replaced three times and the unit is presently in need of repairs to the heat- ing unit. Sealed bids were mailed to five area equipment vendors with bids being returned by the following firms: (1) Acme Cleaning Equipment, Inc., (2) Hotsy of Houston, and (3) Delco Cleaning Systems Inc. Hotsy of Houston also submitted two alter- . natetiids bringing the total number of proposals submitted to five. Alternate bid 4~2 submitted by Hotsy of Houston and the original bid submitted by Delco Cleaning Systems were both rejected due to their failure in meeting specifica- tions. Low bid meeting specifications was submitted by Acme Cleaning Equipment of Houston for the Niagara Model 41509. This unit exceeds the spec if ications in both gallons per minute output and BTU/hr. heat output. I hereby recommend accepting the low bid meeting specifications from Acme Cleaning Equipment, Inc. for the purchase and installation of a Niagara 441509 pressure cleaning system in the amount of $7150. A total of $7200 is presently appropriated in account 4001-700-704-902 to fund completion of this project. I trust this recommendation will meet with your approval. JR/mb cc: B. Herrera l L . Maxey ~,/ J. Hodge •