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03/22/202121-135
03/22/2021
21-135
Public Works
Order
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Title, Order
Authorizing Purchase of Plow Trucks from Daigle & Houghton in the Amount of $420,381 by Piggybacking on
the State of Maine Contract
This Order would authorize the purchase of plow trucks from Daigle & Houghton in the amount of
$420,381 by piggybacking on the State of Maine contract. Many bids issued by the State of Maine
allow for municipalities to piggyback on the pricing obtained by the State. This is one such instance.
The FY21 adopted budget included $380,000 to replace 2 plow trucks used in the Public Works
Department. The proposal is to purchase one tandem axle plow truck with plow gear and a hopper
sander and one tandem axle plow truck with a hook-lift system with two skid mounts, one with the
dump body and one with a sander spreader. The hook-lift system will be an upgrade to the City's
plow truck fleet. It allows for bodies to be swapped out for different uses and it is a safer option as
the bodies can be removed and lowered hydraulically instead of manually.
Staff believes that purchasing our vehicles off of this contract is in the City’s best interest and it
should allow for an earlier delivery time versus our prior method where the unit and accessories are
bid separately and assembled by one of the two bidders. Daigle & Houghton has been the low bidder
for the last six plow truck chassis the City has purchased. The additional funding necessary for this
purchase is available from savings on a variety of equipment purchases made to date. Daigle &
Houghton will be implementing a 7% market based increase effective April 1st, which is why this
item comes forward at this time.
Finance Committee
03/22/2021
This item will be reviewed by the Finance Committee prior to the City Council meeting.
New Business
03/22/202121-135
CITY OF BANGOR ORDER
03/22/2021
21-135
Dubay
Authorizing Purchase of Plow Trucks from Daigle & Houghton in the Amount of $420,381 by Piggybacking on
the State of Maine Contract
Be it Ordered by the City Council of the City of Bangor that, the City is hereny authorized to piggyback on the
State of Maine Contract to purchase two plow trucks from Daigle & Houghton in the amount of $420,381.
IN CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 22,2021
CO 21-135
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9—0
Councilors Voting Yes: Davitt,Dubay,Fournier,Hawes,Nichols,Okafor, Schaefer, Sprague,Tremble
Councilors Voting No: None
Passed
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