HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIN-06-034 - T06-074 - Safety Equipment & Supplies Report to: Mayor Carl Zehr and Members of Council Date of Meeting: 2006-10-16 Prepared By: Larry Gordon Date of Report: 2006-10-10 Report No: FIN 06-034 Subject: T06-074 - Safety Equipment and Supplies RECOMMENDA TION That tender T06-074, Safety Equipment and Supplies, be awarded to Safety Today Inc., Brantford, at their tendered price of $69,765.33, including P.S.T. & G.S.T. BACKGROUND The purpose of this tender is to provide safety equipment such as safety headwear, safety glasses, traffic vests, hearing protection, etc., to ensure safety on the job at all times. REPORT Tenders were requested from seventeen (17) potential bidders, advertised publicly in The Record, on the City of Kitchener website and the Ontario Public Buyers Electronic Tendering Information System. By the closing date of Thursday September 21 S\ 2006, sixteen (16) tenders had been received. The two low bids received from Drollis Safety Supply Co. Ltd., Burlington and Fisher Scientific (Safety), Nepean, were incomplete and rejected. The third low bid from Safety Today Inc, Brantford was complete and bid all fifty-nine items. Safety Today Inc. is our current provider of safety equipment. The following tenders were received: Drollis Safety Fisher Scientific (Safety) Safety Today Inc. Safety Express Century Vallen Levitt Safety Acklands Grainger Inc. McCordick Glove & Safety Inc. Excel Bearings Fastenal Canada Tenaquip Industrial Weber Supply Company United Rentals of Canada Latoplast Ltd Huck Glove William Knell & Company Burlington, ON Nepean, ON Brantford, ON Mississauga, ON Waterloo, ON Oakville, ON Cambridge, ON Cambridge, ON Waterloo, ON Kitchener, ON Cambridge, ON Kitchener, ON Kitchener, ON Mississauga, ON Kitchener, ON Kitchener, ON $ 50,275.83 $ 53,823.77 $ 69,765.33 * $ 74,648.88 $ 75,848.14 $ 76,450.86 $ 77,563.97 $ 79,253.18 $ 79,423.27 $ 80,619.23 $ 86,351.89 $ 86,354.70 $ 87,396.12 $ 96,457.70 $109,585.12 Incomplete S. Ogilvie, Supervisor of Corporate Health and Safety, concurs with the above recommendation. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS Funding is provided through various departmental office supply budgets. Larry Gordon Director of Purchasing