HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso. 78-189 - Rejecting all Bids for a 34,000 lb. GVW Chassis and Line Body, Submitted Under Bid Schedule #1046, and Declaring that the Required Equipment Can Be Acquired for a Lower Price in the Open Market, and Authorizing Negotiation Therefor 0 0 . .
RESOLUTION NO. lg-123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF REDDING
REJECTING ALL BIDS FOR A 34 , 000 LB. GVW CHASSIS AND
LINE BODY, SUBMITTED UNDER BID SCHEDULE #1046 , AND
DECLARING THAT THE REQUIRED EQUIPMENT CAN BE ACQUIRED
FOR A LOWER PRICE IN THE OPEN MARKET, AND AUTHORIZING
NEGOTIATION THEREFOR.
WHEREAS, Council called for bids for a 34 , 000 pound GVW
Chassis and Line Body, in Bid Schedule #1046 , bid opening held
October 4 , 1978 , and •
WHEREAS, none of the bids received met the required
specifications , and the low bid was more than $10 , 000 . 00 above
the budgeted amount for said equipment, and
WHEREAS, the City Manager has advised the City Council
that, in his opinion , he can obtain the required equipment by
negotiation in the open market for a price which is favorable to
the City, and
WHEREAS , the City Council •hes carefully studied the afore-
said matter, and has determined. that the recommendation of the City
• Manager would- be intthe best interest of the City , and
WHEREAS , it has been ' deterniined that this matter is
categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Redding as follows :
1. That the foregoing recitals are true and correct.
2 . That all bids for a 34 , 000 pound GVW Chassis and
Line Body for the City of Redding, submitted on or before October 4 ,
1978 , under Bid Schedule #1046 , are hereby rejected.
3. That this Council does hereby declare that the required J
equipment can be acquired in the open market by negotiation , for a
price which is favorable to the City.
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4 . The City Manager is hereby authorized and directed to
enter into negotiations with one or more manufacturers or suppliers•
of such equipment, and to purchase said required equipment at a
price favorable to the City of Redding .
I HEREBY CERTIFY, that the foregoing Resolution was intro-
duced and read at ,a regular meeting of the City Council of the City
of Redding on the •16th. day •of October , 1978 , and was duly adopted
at said meeting by, the following vote :
AYES : COUNCILMEN: Fulton, Gard, Kirkpatrick, Pugh, and Demsher
NOES : COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT: COUNCILMEN : None
ATTEST: DONALD M. DEMSHER
• Mayor of the City of Redding
MILDRE L. BRAYTON, City Clerk
By: C�`�c - C ��`� , Deputy
FO PPROVED:
EARL MURPHY, City to y
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