The county this week issued $450,000 worth of non-competitive master blanket purchase orders to six vendors for vehicle and equipment parts and services for the county’s fleet management department over the next three years.
Four of the six vendors are located within the county.
According to a report dated August 11 from Roger G. Weaver, the director of the fleet management department, to the board of supervisors, “The fleet management department provides vehicle maintenance and repair services for the majority of the county’s fleet of vehicles and heavy equipment. The recommended actions will authorize the purchasing agent to issue non-competitive master blanket purchase orders to six vendors for vehicle and equipment parts and services for the period of August 11, 2015 through August 10, 2018, for an aggregate total amount not to exceed $450,000. Purchase orders will enable fleet management to provide parts and/or services in the most efficient and expedient manner possible. These vendors have been issued non-competitive purchase orders annually; it was determined that this item requires board approval since fleet maintenance has used these vendors for parts and services more than three years or they are exceeding $100,000.”
According to documentation contained in the report, Allsup Corporation of Upland has already been paid $37,179 to serve as the department’s compressed natural gas station contractor and was given the non-competitive bid because it is the only authorized distributor in the area; Crafco Inc. of Chandler, Arizona has already received $29,886 toward its contract as a crack sealer machine manufacturer because it is a proprietary equipment maintenance provider; Cummins Cal Pacific of Bloomington was given $89,571 as part of its contract to supply Cummins engines and Onan generators because it is a proprietary equipment maintenance provider; Nixon-Egli Equipment of Ontario has received $18,077 on its contract for the use of a Gradall excavator because it is the only authorized distributor; the RDO Equipment Co. of Riverside has been paid $53,582 on its contract for the use of John Deere Equipment because it is the only authorized distributor, and Yale-Chase Equipment Fontana was given a $30,384 contract for a Generac Generator because it is the only authorized distributor.