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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMO # 145233 MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 145 A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF PADUCAH WITH ITS REQUIREMENT OF REGULAR AND ETHYL GASOLINE, MOTOR OIL, DIESEL FUEL, CHASSIS LUBRICANT, GEAR LUBE OIL, HYDRAULIC OIL, KEROSENE AND ANTI -FREEZE TO BE USED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH BE IT ORDERED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the City Manager be authorized to advertise for bids for furnishing the City of Paducah with its requirement of regular and ethyl gasoline, motor oil, diesel fuel, chassis lubricant, gear lube oil, hydraulic oil, kerosene and anti -freeze, at the lowest cash price per unit, unit price 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 octane rating of ethyl gasoline to be not less than 99, 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 (require- ments approximately gallons of each); diesel, high detergent motor oil (requirements approximately gallons); diesel fuel to be No. 2 (require- ments approximately gallons); chassis lubricant to be all purpose (requirements approximately pounds); gear lube oil to be 140 and 90 weight (requirements approximately gallons). Anti -freeze to be permanent type. The requirements for regular gasoline will be approximately gallons, and for ethyl gasoline approximately gallons. The successful bidder will be required to furnish and install four (4) electrically operated and metered gasoline pumps with automatic shut-off valves, necessary tanks and required concrete islands and will be required to furnish one electrically operated and metered diesel pump and underground tank, and three (3) current year credit card imprinters and forms for each. 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 City will be charged the normal tank wagon price less the discount or the temporary tank wagon price without the discount whichever results in a lower net price per gallon of gasoline. 234 Each bidder shall bid upon each individual item, and all incomplete bids will be rejected.' The lowest overall bid will be accepted unless all bids are rejected. SECTION 2. The City Manager shall advertise for bids by inserting notice of the request for bids in The Paducah Sun as provided for by law. All bids shall be sealed and no bid shall be received after the hour -fixed -in the notice for opening of same. All bids received by the City Manager up to the time fixed in the notice for opening of same shall be filed with the Board of Commissioners who may let a contract to the best overall 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 authorizing ordinance and the execution of a purchase con- tract. SECTION 3. This Order shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. JOHN K. PENROD Mayor Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 26, 1983 Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, April 26, 1983.