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VEIVE0 DEC 10 1992 CITY OF COLTON ;ITY MANAOEF To: From: Subject: Date: City of Colton Police Department Interoffice Memorandum CNPI. RICHARD ACEVEDO FINANCE DIRECTOR BERNIE LUNSFORD, POLICE CAPTAIN PURCHASE OF 1993 POLICE VEHICLES DECEMBER 9, 1992 The police department would like to purchase six 199: vehicles to replace current units with excessive mileage. In past years, we have waited until dealerships were awarded a bid from larger agencies and then offered us the same bid price plus whatever additional equipment we required, such as black and white paint. This has allowed us to purchase the vehicle at the most competitive price available and still get a vehicle with our own specifications. Last year, we purchased 1992 Ford Crown Victoria's from Mills. Ford of Anaheim who offered us the same price as they offered San Bernardino County on their proposal W-42. We were Lthen allowed to add additional equipment, including bucket seats and black and white paint to the bid price and received vehicles which met our needs. There are currently only two vehicles which are manufactured with full size police sedan specifications. They are the Ford Crown Victoria sedan and the Chevrolet Caprice sedan. San Bernardino County is currently going out to bid, specifically for the Ford Crown Victoria sedan. Their specifications are for a solid white car. �fIt is my recommendation that we wait until the bid is awarde to a particular dealership and then approach the dealership about purchasing six police vehicles at the same price as v r U offered to San Bernardino County with the addition of our X j� required equipment. Historically,, local dealerships have been unable to even come__ chose to the price offered to large agencies, such as San Bernardino County, on full size police sedans. It should be noted that when San Bernardino County goes out to bid on their police vehicles, that our local dealerships will have the opportunity to respond to that bid.