Purchase of 5000-LB capacity diesel powered pneumatic forklift

Jefferson Parish Purchasing Department in Louisiana is soliciting sealed bids under Bid Event No. 380 for 5,000-lb. capacity diesel-powered pneumatic tire forklifts, with bids due December 3, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. No set-aside or preference program applies. The parish strongly encourages participation from small, minority-owned, women's business enterprise, and veteran-owned businesses, and reserves the right to reject all bids or any bid for just cause.

The forklifts are for the Jefferson Parish Department of Transit Administration, and the parish and its federal funding partners are issuing the solicitation. Bids are submitted electronically through the Jefferson Parish E-Procurement site and the Bridge Supplier Portal at no charge. Where the specifications call for it, bids must include a 5% surety bid bond of the total bid amount, or the amount the specifications otherwise state, submitted through the online clearinghouse bond management system. Scanned paper bond copies are not accepted. Public bid opening follows at 2:30 p.m. the same day at the West Bank Purchasing Department, 200 Derbigny Street, Suite 4400, Gretna, Louisiana 70053.

Specifications are posted on the Jefferson Parish Purchasing webpage under the LaPAC tab. Questions go to the Purchasing Department at 504-364-2678.