RESOLUTION NO. 2025----
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF MERCED, CALIFORNIA,
DECLARING THE INFEASIBILITY OF USING
PUBLIC BIDDING TO PURCHASE CERTAIN
VEHICLES AND AUTHORIZING LIMITED
DIRECT PURCHASES
WHEREAS, the City of Merced ("City") has an urgent need to purchase light and medium duty support vehicles for several Departments ("Vehicles"); and, WHEREAS, current market conditions, including supply and chain disruptions and long lead times, make it impractical for the City to bid and award contracts for the purchase of vehicle s that meet the City's immediate requirements; and,
WHEREAS, the City�s ability to provide critical services is undermined by the City's inability to obtain vehicles necessary to provide such services in a timely manner by utilizing bidding; and,
WHEREAS, going out to bid for the Vehicles would result in waste and substantial delay in obtaining the Vehicles and utilizing them for essential City services, resulting in significantly incr eased costs for the City; and WHEREAS, the City staff has determined that some or all of the Vehicles may be obtained timely and at a reasonable price directly from dealerships or manufacturers; and,
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City and the community to obtain necessary Vehicles as soon as possible and for a reasonable price by foregoing competitive bidding and purchasing directly from dealerships and manufacturers; and,
WHEREAS, California case law supports that where competitive proposal s work an incongruity and are unavailing as affecting the final result or where they do not produce any advantage or where the competitive bidding processes would be impractical or futile and would not serve the purpose of competitive bidding then public entities need not comply with competitive bidding processes; and X:\Resolutions\2025\Financc\Authorizing Limited Direct Purchases - Ychiclcs.docx