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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To ; Daniel J. Alfonso, DATE: February 15, 2017 FILE
City Manager
SUBJECT
Sole Source: Furnish and Install an Airhawk
Exhaust Removal System at Fire Station 12
FROM : Annie Perez CPPD (0, REFERENCES:
Director of Procurement
ENCLOSURES:
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on the findings below, the Procurement Department hereby recommends award to Garrison Mechanical
Service Corporation d/b/a Garrison Mechanical ("Garrison"), the sole authorized dealer for Airhawk Exhaust
Removal Systems in Southeastern Florida.
Contract Number/Title: 16-17-020, Furnish and Install an Airhawk Exhaust Removal System at Fire
Station 12
Contract Amount: $86,683.09
Recommended Vendor: Garrison Mechanical Service Corporation d/b/a Garrison Mechanical
BACKGROUND:
The Fire Rescue Department ("Fire") needs to install a new exhaust removal system within Fire Station 12. In 2015,
through Invitation for Bid ("IFB") 371334, Fire purchased ten (10) Airhawk Exhaust Removal Systems
("Airhawk"), which were installed within Fire Stations 1 through 10. This IFB was not restricted to a single product
or supplier, but Garrison was the sole bidder.
Fire is working to establish a three (3) year maintenance contract for its exhaust removal systems. The installation
of an Airhawk at Fire Station 12, will allow this system to be included within Contract No. IFB 371334, rather than
establishing a second maintenance contract for a system that may be incompatible with the other ten (10) Airhawk
systems. The installation of an Airhawk at Fire Station 12, will ensure consistency among all exhaust removal
systems owned by Fire, which will in turn reduce the cost and complexity of required maintenance.
Airhawk is manufactured in Cincinnati, OH by MagneGrip Group. Airhawk systems are sold through a three -tiered
distribution process, through Rossman Enterprises, Inc. d/b/a Clean Air Concepts, which is the regional distributor.
Garrison is the only authorized dealer of Airhawk that serves southeastern Florida, and is located in Pembroke
Pines, Florida. There is one other authorized dealer within the State of Florida, McDonald Air & Sheet Metal, Inc.,
however, this dealer's activities are restricted to the north and central Florida regions. MagneGrip Group has
indicated that dealers from Georgia, Alabama and other states cannot be used for this purchase, because Florida's
licensing requirements diffe fr m those within other states.
Approved Date: c7
Daniel J. Atfonso�qty Manager
cc: Fernando Casamayor, Assistant City Manager, Chief Financial Officer
Maurice L. Kemp, Chief, Department of Fire Rescue
Dr. Lydia Osborne, CPPD, CPPB, Assistant Director, Procurement
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