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Aurora, Illinois

File #: 24-0879    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/8/2024 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/10/2024 Final action: 12/10/2024
Title: A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to utilize Sourcewell and Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Contracts to purchase equipment for the new Public Works Facility and allow for several additional future equipment purchases.
Attachments: 1. Manitou Forklift, 2. Reinders Golf Carts, 3. Bobcat UW56, 4. Brinex Infinity, 5. Grainger Floor Cleaners
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TO: Mayor Richard C. Irvin

FROM: Ian Wade, Capital Projects Manager

DATE: November 25, 2024

SUBJECT:
A Resolution authorizing the Director of Purchasing to utilize Sourcewell and Omnia Cooperative Purchasing Contracts to purchase equipment for the new Public Works Facility and allow for several additional future equipment purchases.

PURPOSE:
To authorize the purchase of equipment for the new Public Works Facility.

BACKGROUND:
The Public Works Department is consolidating the personnel and equipment from a handful of maintenance divisions (Electrical, Streets, Fleet, Water & Sewer, and Water Meter Maintenance) into a new, combined maintenance facility on a 25+ acre city-owned parcel near Liberty and New York Streets. Construction is ongoing and is anticipated to be completed by the end of 2024 or shortly thereafter.

The purchase of furniture, fixtures, and equipment (known as "FF&E") has been included in the approved budget for the new Public Works Facility (CIP C114). The equipment to be purchased under this Resolution was all previously identified by the various divisions of Public Works as necessary for floor cleaning, snow removal and road de-icing, and lifting and transporting of materials and personnel in and around the facility and yard. Vendors participating in Sourcewell and/or Omnia were identified for each of the items, and the respective contract numbers are listed on the individual quotes included as exhibits, including:

1. Manitou forklift from Stevenson Crane of Bolingbrook, IL for $32,660.00,
2. Two (2) Toro Workman GTX electric carts from Reinders of Mundelein, IL for $39,304.59
3. Bobcat UW56 from Atlas Bobcat of Elk Grove Village, IL for $83,863.87,
4. Brinex Infinity Brine Maker from Henderson Products,Inc. of Manchester, IA for $148,540.50
5. Tennant walk behind floor scrubber and Tennant riding sweeper/scrubber from Grainger of Lake Forest, IL for a combined $95,082.74

DISCUSSION:
In addition to the items summarized above, ot...

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