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Board of Selectmen Minutes Truck Bids 07/15/2009
Town of Otis
Truck Bids for Highway and Maintenance Depts
July 15, 2009

At 7:00 pm on Wednesday July 15, 2009, Don Hawley, Selectboard Chairman, and Chris Bouchard, Highway Superintendent, were present for the opening of the sealed bids for the Town Highway Department and the Town Maintenance Department.

Sealed Bids were opened for:
        Liberty Chevrolet               Wakefield, MA           ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup,
1 ton pickup

        Mirak Chevrolet         Arlington, MA           ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup,
                                                                        1 ton pickup

        Gordon Chevrolet,               Acton, MA                       ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup,
dba Colonial                                            1 ton pickup

Don Lorenz, Inc.                Greenfield, MA          ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup,
                                                                1 ton pickup

Stoneham Ford           Stoneham, MA            ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup,
                                                                1 ton pickup

Interstate Truck Center Hartford, CT                    ½ ton pickup, ¾ ton pickup

Scranton GMC            Vernon, CT                      ¾ ton pickup, 1 ton pickup


Tables of the bids are provided on page 2.  Final decision on the bids was tabled until the next Selectmen’s meeting scheduled for July 28, 2009.

Meeting adjourned at 7:25 pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Lisa D’Orazio
Selectmen’s secretary
Town of Otis


Dealer
Make
Dept.
Vehicle
Price
Trade
Warranties
Comments
Lorenz
GMC
Highway
1 ton 3500
$43,989.60
$5000.00
Swenson Sander;extended & bumper
Not lowest bid
Maint
¾ ton 2500
$28,575.36 with hitch & plow
n/a
Above $28,000.00
Maint
½ ton 1500
$21,709.32
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids
Mirak
Chevy
Highway
1 ton 3500
$45,975.00
No Trade
Highway Sander; no extended
Specs not met – no trade
Maint
¾ ton 2500
$28,947.00 with hitch & plow
n/a
Above $28,000.00
Maint
½ ton 1500
$21,490.00
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids
Liberty
Chevy
Highway
1 ton 3500
$43,831.00
$5000.00
Swenson Sander; no extended
Not lowest bid
Maint
¾ ton 2500
$28,317.00 with hitch & plow
n/a
Above $28,000.00
Maint
½ ton 1500
$21,572.00
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids
Colonial
Chevy
Highway
1 ton 3500
$44,149.00
$2000.00
Swenson Sander; no extended
Not lowest bid
Maint
¾ ton 2500
$28,720.00 with hitch
n/a
Plow price?  Above $28,000.00
Maint
½ ton 1500
$20,995.00
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids
Interstate
Ford
Maint
¾ ton F250
$27,606.00 no hitch
n/a
Wrong engine-V10, not V8; no trailering pkg - rejected
Maint
½ ton F150
$25,684.00
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids
Scranton
GMC
Highway
1 ton 3500
$44,641.80
$8500.00
Swenson Sander;extended & bumper
Awarded
Maint
¾ ton 2500
$27,718.78 with hitch & plow
n/a
5/100 powertrain, roadside 5/100, courtesy transp 5/100, bumper 3/36
Awarded
Stoneham
Ford
Highway
1 ton F350
$40,470.00
No Trade
Specs not met – no trade
Maint
¾ ton F250
$27,247.00 no hitch
n/a
No spec sheet; no trailering pkg; 17” wheels, not 16”; 5.4 V8, not 6.0 - Rejected
Maint
½ ton F150
$21,632.00
n/a
Rejected all ½ ton bids


 
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