HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 2004-117WHEREAS, in answer to notice duly published in accordance with law and the
order of this City Council, sealed bids were received and publicly opened on November
25, 2003, at 11 °00 a.m. for rental and cleaning of uniforms for certain field and
warehouse employees, described in the specifications therefore approved by the City
Council on November 5, 2003; and
WHEREAS, said bids were compared, checked, and tabulated and a report
thereof filed with the City Manager as follows:
Aildder Location Bid
Prudential Overall Supply West Sacramento $14,979-90
Mission Linen Uniform Supply Sacramento $19,711.80
Unifirst Corporation Stockton $20,454.10
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2003, the City Council awarded the contract for
the furnishing and cleaning of uniforms for the maintenance personnel in the Streets,
Water/Wastewater, Fleet Services, Purchasing, Facility Maintenance, and Parks
Divisions to Prudential Overall Service, the low bidder, Pursuant to the cancellation
clause in the specifications, that contract was cancelled on May 14, 2004, due to
unacceptable standards; and
WHEREAS, Unifirst Corporation, which previously had the contract and had
submitted a comparable bid for this current contract, has been covering the shortages
since Prudential first delivered a portion of the uniforms on February 27, 2004; and
WHEREAS, Unifirst Corporation has gone out of its way to supply uniforms to
those employees who did not receive them through Prudential and has agreed to
continue service on a month-to-month basis until the contract for this service is
awarded; and
WHEREAS, Unifirst Corporation was the third lowest bidder in December 2003
by $742.30 over Mission Linen and Uniform Supply, of Sacramento; and
WHEREAS, since contracting for this service is governed by the City Code, the
City Council has the ability to waive formal bidding procedures; and
WHEREAS, given the good service by a local provider, staff recommends
awarding the new two-year contract with an option to renew for an additional year upon
mutual agreement of both parties to Unifirst Corporation for its original bid amount of
$20,454.10.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Lodi City Council hereby
authorizes the award of the contract for the rental and cleaning of uniforms for certain
field and warehouse employees be made to the third lowest bidder, Unifirst Corporation,
of Stockton, California, waiving the formal bidding procedures pursuant to Lodi
Municipal Code §3.20.070 in the amount of $20,454,110.
Dated: June 16, 2004
I hereby certify that Resolution No. 2004-117 was passed and adopted by the
City Council of the City of Lodi in a regular meeting held June 16, 2004, by the following
vote:
AYES.- COUNCIL MEMBERS — Beckman, Hitchcock, Howard, and Land
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS — Mayor Hanson
SUSAN J. BLACKSTON
City Clerk