HomeMy WebLinkAboutcovermemoCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO :
FROM :
Honorable �Memh
ie Cit Commissio 1
Arriola
Manager
DATE :
SUBJECT:
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
SEP 27 2004
FILE :
Resolution Authorizing the
Purchase of Wheelchair
Accessible Bus
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission adopt the attached Resolution
authorizing the use of Florida Department of Education Contract 2004-19, for the
purchase of a wheelchair accessible bus for the Department of Parks and Recreation's
Program for persons with Disabilities, with funds therefore hereby allocated in the sum of
$42,721.96 from the Parks and Recreation Handicap Division Account No.
110032.580325,6.840, and funds in the amount of $27,386.04 from the program for
persons with disabilities ADA account No. 110112.580078,6.840.
BACKGROUND:
In March 2004 the City Commission adopted Resolution No. 04-00266 establishing a
new special revenue fund entitled "City of Miami Programs for Persons with Disabilities
Miami -Dade County A.D.A. Grant" accepting and appropriating $36,786,62 in grant
funds from Miami -Dade County and allocating dollar for dollar matching funds
specifically for the purchase of a wheelchair accessible bus. The Parks and Recreation
Department has identified Florida Department of Education Contract No. 2004-19 for the
provision of school buses. Rivers Bus Sales, Inc., is the awarded vendor, pursuant to this
bid, for Type C Bus (wheelchair accessible bus).
It is therefore recommended that award be made to Rivers Bus Sales, Inc. for the
provision of a wheelchair accessible bus for the Department of Parks and Recreation's
Program for Persons with Disabilities, in a total amount not to exceed $70,108,00.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$27,386.04 from Special Revenue Fund "City of Miami Programs for persons with
Disabilities Miami -Dade County A.D.A. Grant" and $42,271,96 from the Parks and
Recreation Handicap Account.
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