HomeMy WebLinkAboutA. RUSH EQUIPMENT CENTERS OF TX - REPAIR PARTS FOR EQUIPMENT #884CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS Date: Reference Subject page 10/28/08 No. Recommendation to approve payment to Rush Equipment I of 1 Centers of Texas, Inc. for Repair Part - JD 690D Track Excavator Unit #884 RECOMMENDATION: Equipment Services Division recommends-that the City Council approve payment of $5,984.60 to "Rush Equipment Centers of Texas, Inc." for a hydraulic valve section needed to repair unit #884, a 1992 John Deere 690D Track Excavator used in the Public Works Department, Streets Division. The cost will be expensed to the fiscal year 2009 Public Works Department, Streets Division Equipment Maintenance account # 001-1203-531.43-00. BACKGROUND: The gazage received a call from the operator with the complaint that the unit would not start. Upon inspection we found that the hydraulic system was under a load during engine cranking process indicating a sticking hydraulic valve. We located the defective valve and contacted the dealer for replacement parts. (This procurement is exempt from the bid process under Texas Local Government Code Section 251.011, General Exemptions (7AJ, a procurement ojrtems that are available from only one source, including items that are available from one source because of patents, copyrights, secret processes, or natural monopolies.) Their estimate came in as follows: Rush Equipment Centers of Texas, Inc ........................................$5,984.60 BUDGET/FISCAL EFFECT: The repair cost will be expensed to the fiscal yeaz 2009 Public Works Department, Streets Division , account #001-1203-531.43-00, which has a budgeted amount of. $147,900.00 and approximately $147,720.00 unencumbered. STAFF/EMPLOYEE EFFECT: None SUMMARY: We recommend t , he City of Port Arthur approve payment of $5,984.60 to Rush Equipment Centers of Texas, I o hydraulic system repair pans for Unit #884, a 1992 John Deere 690D Track Excavat~pr -; evin ristopher Shawna Tubbs Manage Purchasing Manager ,. .Rebecca Underhill Joh i Comeaux Director of Finance Director of Public Works " Prepared by: Disposition by Council: Processed by City Approved by:. Secreta ( )Approve (~) Other (Describe) Date: