SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve a purchase order (contract) to Environmental Solutions Group (ESG), parent company of Marathon Equipment Company, Vernon, Alabama, for the purchase of a baler in the amount of $297,506.00, and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
This piece of equipment is used for the baling of recyclable material at the city of Clearwater Solid Waste departments’ material recovery facility. It has required numerous repairs in the last two years and is no longer cost-effective to repair.
Marathon equipment is available on National Joint Powers Association (NJPA) contract #060612-ESG, which expires July 17, 2017. City Code Section 2.564, exceptions to bid and quotation procedure, Item (d) provides for the utilization of cooperative purchasing contracts previously awarded by other governmental entities.
The contract price for the Marathon Two Ram Baler, Model 2R-250-84 75hp, is $316,506.00. ESG has offered a trade-in value of $19,000.00 for the 2001 baler, for a final purchase price of $297,506.00. In accordance with City Code Section 2.621(V)(e), the trade-in of surplus property with a current market value of more than $5,000.00 requires City Council authorization.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funds are available in capital improvement project 315-96805, Recycling Expansion/Promo & R&R, to fund this contract.