Peterbilt Trucks' Maintenance, Repairs, and Original Equipment Manufacturer, (OEM) Parts Supply Services

Project Description: Hillsborough County intends to recommend the award of a sole source procurement to Rush Truck Centers of Florida, Inc d/b/a Rush Truck Center, Tampa for maintenance, repairs, and supply of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) parts and services for Peterbilt vehicles, for two (2) years at an estimated cost of $500,576.00. This purchase is to provide ongoing and as-needed maintenance, repairs, OEM parts, and services for the County’s heavy-duty Peterbilt trucks, ensuring safe, reliable, and operational equipment to support essential services. This procurement is being made in accordance with Section 3-205(2)(e) of the County’s Procurement Policy as Rush Truck Centers of Florida, Inc d/b/a Rush Truck Center, Tampa, is the single manufacturer-authorized supplier for maintenance, services, parts, and/or warranties for Peterbilt vehicles, equipment, systems, etc. The County reserves the right to extend the time period further, adjust the scope of services in response to changing conditions and updated requirements, and increase the resulting award accordingly.
This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals/bids.
Contractors who are able and interested in providing all the identified proprietary parts and services must submit clear and convincing information to support a challenge to the intended award. Challenges to this procurement must be received no later than the specified Close Date of this Sole Source notice and must be submitted using the “submission” section in EUNA Procurement for this particular procurement. Absent any challenges, an award will likely be made after the Close Date.
The County will review properly submitted challenges (responses) to determine whether bona fide competition exists. Any such responses received by the deadline will be evaluated solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct this procurement as a competitive solicitation.