June 18, 2024
Public Works
DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Mayor Martinez and Members of the City Council
FROM:
Daniel Chavarria, Director of Public Works
Tawfic Halaby, Deputy Director of Public Works
Dee Karnes, Fleet Maintenance Superintendent
Subject:
Purchase of a Vehicle Alignment Machine
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The proposed expenditure of $80,000 is available in the 2023-2024 Fleet Maintenance Capital Improvement
Projects budget (50336031-400538-03D04).
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
None
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Fleet Maintenance Division is requesting City
Council approval to purchase a vehicle alignment
machine.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE the purchase of a wheel alignment machine
from Mohawk Lifts, LLC, in an amount not to exceed
$80,000 – Public Works Department (Daniel Chavarria
510-620-5478/Dee Karnes 510-231-3044).
AGENDA
REPORT
June 18, 2024
DISCUSSION:
The Public Works Fleet Maintenance Division needs a wheel alignment machine to perform alignments in-house. City staff currently delivers and retrieves vehicles for alignments to local vendors that can take up to a day to complete. Having this machine in the mechanic shop will improve turn-around times for scheduled vehicle maintenance appointments and wheel replacements. This machine will accommodate a majority of the vehicles in the City’s fleet.
There are no manufacturers of wheel alignment machines in the City of Richmond.
This purchase is in compliance with the City of Richmond Municipal Code Section
2.52.320 Piggyback procurement which allows for a “piggyback” purchase using another agency’s purchase contract if it is in the best interest of the City of Richmond.
Based on Department of General Services contract no. 7-23-99-48-01 pricing, Fleet Maintenance staff recommends that the alignment machine be purchased from Mohawk Lifts, LLC, for an amount not to exceed $80,000 (Attachment 1). The Finance Department has approved a piggyback justification for the proposed purchase (Attachment 2).
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Quote
Attachment 2 – Approved Piggyback Justification