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Temple staff outlines local‑preference options for five vehicle purchases; potential extra cost estimated about $9,100
Summary
City staff briefed council members on a local‑preference policy for vehicle procurement. Five vehicles in the upcoming awards qualified for local preference consideration because local vendors’ bids were within 5% of the lowest bids; staff said applying local preference to all five would raise the total cost by roughly $9,100.
City procurement staff briefed the Temple City Council workshop on vehicle bid awards and the council’s local‑preference policy for purchases under $500,000.
Staff said nine vendors submitted bids on February 11 for multiple vehicle bid sections; a set of 10 vehicles were awarded on the consent agenda and five additional vehicles on the regular agenda are subject to the local‑preference policy because local vendors were within 5% of the lowest bidder.
“Council adopted a local preference policy, competitive sealed bid, expenditures less than 500,000,” a procurement…
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