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Finance committee reviews $1.16 million Pierce fire engine purchase; procurement process questioned
Summary
The committee reviewed staff’s request to purchase a Pierce fire engine for $1,158,294, below the budgeted $1.2 million, and discussed procurement method (HGAC cooperative) and sole-source rules before placing the item on the next agenda for formal action.
Bangor, Maine — The Bangor City Finance Committee reviewed a request from the Fire Department to purchase a new Pierce fire engine for $1,158,294, a figure below the department’s $1.2 million budget for the apparatus, but members pressed staff on procurement procedures and options for trade-ins or prepayment discounts.
Fire Department representatives said the city maintains four fire engines — three frontline and one spare — and that Pierce Manufacturing has built the department’s current engines. The department proposed buying through the HGAC cooperative purchasing agreement, a nationwide…
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