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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.
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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.