Title
Commercial Fitness Equipment
Action
Action:
A. Approve a unit price contract with Carolina Fitness Equipment LLC for the purchase of Commercial Fitness Equipment for an initial term of one year, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to four, one-year terms with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Phil Reiger, General Services
Shelia Anderson, General Services
Explanation
§ The city has multiple locations with fitness equipment for city employees to use on a regular basis, including but not limited to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte Fire Department facilities.
§ On February 21, 2024, the city issued an Invitation to Bid; nine bids were received.
§ Carolina Fitness Equipment LLC was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
§ The contract prices shall remain fixed for the initial one-year term. At renewal, price adjustments may be considered based on legitimate and justified increases in the cost of doing business. The ability to consider price adjustments also allows the city to accept decreases, if warranted.
§ Annual expenditures are estimated to be $200,000.
Charlotte Business INClusion
Contract goals were not established on this Contract as there were no viable subcontracting opportunities.
Fiscal Note
Funding: Various Departments’ Operating Budgets