HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 56, No Resolution NumberA RESOLUTIOII AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TD ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR
FURNISHING THE CITY OF PADUCAH WITH ITS REQUIREMENTS OF REGULAR AND ETHYL
GASOLINE, I40TOR OIL, DIESEL FUEL, CHASSIS LUBRICA_IT, GEAR LUBE OIL, HYDRAULI
OIL, KEROSE-AND ANTI -FREEZE TO BE USED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH FROM JULY 1,
10,5 TO DECEI•IBER 31, 1959
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF CORMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City Itianager be, and he is hereby, authorized to
advertise for bids for furnishing the City of Paducah with its requirements
of regular and ethyl gasoline, motor oil, diesel fuel, chassis lubricant,
gear lube oil, hydraulic oil, karosene and anti -freeze for the period
beginning July 1, 1959, or as sooh thereafter as possible, and extending
to and including December 31, 1959, at the lowest cash price per unit, unit
to include State Tax, but exclusive of Federal Tax, in accordance with all
terms and specifications listed herein.
Each bidder must guarantee and state the octane rating contained in the
Regular and Ethyl .gasoline he proposes to supply, the price to be listed
as the prevailing tank wagon prices, plus or minus; motor oil to be detergent
heavy duty, premium (not to be a fleet oil) and first grade, and first grade
non -detergent (requirements approximately 300 gallons of each per 6 -month
period); Diesel, high detergent motor oil (requirements approximately 200
gallons per 6 -month period); diesel fuel to be No. 2 (requirements approx-
imately 3,000 gallons per 6 -month period); chassis lubricant to be all-purpo;
(requirements approximately 100 pounds per 6 -month period); gear lube oil
to be 11,0 and 90 weight (requirements approximately 600 pounds per 6 -month
period); kerosene (requirements approximately 3,000 gallons per 6 -month
period); anti -freeze to be permanent type (requirements approximately
100 gallons per 6 -month period).
The requirements for regular gasoline will be approximately 29,000
gallons per 6 -month period and for ethyl gasoline approximately 27,000
gallons per 6 -month period.
The successful bidder will be required to furnish and install four (4)
electrically operated and metered gasoline pumps, necessary tanks and
required concrete islands and will be required to furnish one (1) electrical
operated and metered diesel pump and underground tank.
In the event bids are awarded to more than one bidder the successful
bidder for ethyl gasoline will be required to furnish three (3) pumps, tanks
and islands, and the successful bidder for the regular gasoline will be
required to furnish one (1) pump, tank and island; and the successful bidder
for the deisel 2uel shall be required to furnish one (1) pump and tank.
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Bids shall provide a guarantee against advance in the bid price and
shall also guarantee a corresponding reduction in price in the event of a
decrease in the market price of any of the items bid on.
The bidder will so state in his bid that he agrees to give 24-hour
emergency tank truck service to any point in the City of Paducah seven days
per week.
In the event of a temporary tank wagon price less than normal, the Cit;
will be charged the normal tank wagon price less the discount or the tem-
porary tank wagon price without the discount whichever results in a lower
net price per gallon of gasoline.
SECTION 2. The City Manager shall advertise for sealed bids by posting
a notice at the City Hall door and by inserting notice of the request for
bids in at least three issues of the Sun Democrat to be published once a
creek for three consecutive weeks. All bids shall be sealed and no bid shall
be received after the hour fixed in the notice for the opening of same. All
bids receised by the City Manager up to the time fixed in the notice for the
opening of same shall be filed with the Board of Commissioners who may let a
contract to the lowest and best bidder, and the Board of Commissioners shall
reserve the right to reject any and all bids and the City shall not become
legally obligated to purchase said products until the adoption of an ordinanc,
authorizing the execution of a purchase contract.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from
and after its adoption.
Mayo
Passed by the Board of Commissioners May 12, 1959
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 12, 1959.
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