To: Board of Supervisors
From: Warren Lai, Public Works Director/Chief Engineer
Report Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute a blanket purchase order amendment with Cresco Equipment Rentals, for heavy equipment rentals.
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the Public Works Director, a blanket purchase order amendment with Cresco Equipment Rentals effective November 5, 2024, to increase the payment limit by $500,000 to a new payment limit of $800,000, for rentals of heavy equipment used for road and flood control maintenance work, with no change to the term, Countywide.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Local Road and Flood Control Funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa County Public Works Department maintains over 660 miles of roads, 79 miles of creeks and channels, and 29 detention basins and dams throughout Contra Costa County. The Public Works Department uses our own fleet of heavy equipment, as well as rentals, to perform routine and emergency road and flood control maintenance work.
On January 19, 2023, the County issued Invitation for Bid (IFB) 2301-623 for rentals of heavy equipment used for road and flood control maintenance. Two vendors responded: Cresco Equipment Rentals and Herc Rentals, Inc. Each vendor provided the lowest prices for half of the equipment list, so a purchase order was issued to each vendor.
The Public Works Department rents pneumatic tire rollers solely from Cresco Equipment Rentals because Herc Rentals Inc. is unable to supply that equipment. The pneumatic tire rollers are required for our chip seal surface treatment operations.
This blanket purchase order amendment will allow us to continue to use this existing purchase order with Cresco Equipment Rentals to rent pneumatic tire rollers, and other heavy equipment, through the end of the purchase order's term on April 3, 2026.
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