HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Parts & Repairs Petersen CranesCITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Ken Robertson March 7, 2012
Director of Purchasing
Terry Byrnes, CPPB
Procurement Supervisor
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Sole Source: Parts and Repairs foretersen
Cranes for GSA Department
I conducted an investigation to determine whether Petersen Industries, Inc., a Non-Minority/Non-Local
vendor, located at 4000 SR 60 West, Lake Wales, Fl. 33859-8201, has been verified as the sole service
and replacement parts/equipment provider for the fifteen (15) Petersen cranes, located at the Solid
Waste/GSA facility at 1390 N.W. 20th Street, as sole source distributor for Petersen crane (Lightning trash
crane/RS3) parts, in Florida, for the Department of General Services Administration, on an as -needed
contract basis, for one (1) year, with the option to extend for four (4) additional one-year.
Therefore, I am recommending that the requirements for formal competitive sealed bidding be waived,
and these findings be approved: Petersen Industries, Inc., a Non-Minority/Non-Local vendor, located at
4000 SR 60 West, Lake Wales, Fl. 33859-8201, has been verified as the sole service and replacement
parts/equipment provider for the Petersen cranes (Lightning Loader), on an as needed citywide contract
basis for one (1) year, with the option to extend for four (4) additional one year periods, allocating funds
from the various City Depaitnients' sources of funds, subject to availability of funds and budgetary
approval.
Based on the foregoing, it is recommended pursuant to Section 18-92(a) (1), that the determination of a
sole -source purchase be rendered by the Chief Procurement Officer and that the City Manager support
said finding herein and respectfully recommend for the City Commission to ratify both the Chief
Procurement Officer and City Manager's decision by an affirmative four -fifths vote. Both signatures
below will affirm the sole source decision by both the Chief Procurement Officer and City Manager. This
recommendation is subject to the availability of funds and budgetary approval utilizing the General
Services.
APPROVED BY:
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;nneth J. Robertson
ief Procurement Officer/Purchasing Director
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Manager
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