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City to reject an incomplete police-car bid and pursue rebid or state-contract purchases
Summary
Staff reported one incomplete bid for police vehicles and will seek council authority to reject and rebid; meanwhile state-contract quotes for other fleet items (roller, trucks) came in under budget and staff urged timely action to capture savings.
City staff told the council that only one incomplete bid was received from Auto Farm Dodge for the police-car procurement and that the bid will be recommended for rejection and rebid at a future council meeting.
"We received one bid from Auto Farm Dodge. It was incomplete, so we could not have been out of the bid," Speaker 6 said, and added staff will ask the council to reject that bid and rebid the procurement.
Separately, staff reported opportunity savings from state-contract pricing for other fleet replacements: a roller quoted at about $71,000 (budgeted $90,000), a 10-wheeler at about $220,000 (budgeted $325,000) and a single-axle dump truck under earlier estimates. Speaker 6 said these vehicles use restricted CIP funds and urged council not to delay decisions or miss state-contract windows.
No formal award of vehicles was recorded in the transcript; staff sought authority to reject the incomplete police bid and return with rebid results or state-contract purchase options.
