S38-E26032-H - Approve the purchase of firefighting trucks through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $4,842,826.00 for Houston Fire Department.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Fleet Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of one tower truck, two aerial ladder trucks and four pumper trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $4,842,826.00 for the Houston Fire Department and that authorization be given to issue a purchase order to the H-GAC contractor Metro Fire Apparatus Specialist, Inc. These firefighting trucks will be used citywide by the Department twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for technical rescue, elevated firefighting operations, fire suppression and responding to EMS incidents. The funding for these firefighting trucks is included in the adopted FY17 Equipment Acquisition Plan.
The aerial ladder and tower trucks will come with a full bumper-to-bumper warranty of three years and additional warranties of five years on the engine and transmission, five years on the aerial device swivel, ten years on the chassis and the apparatus body for structural integrity, ten years on the aerial waterway, ten years on the cab and apparatus body paint for surface perforation and corrosion and twenty years on the aerial device structural integrity. The life expectancy of the aerial ladder trucks is fifteen years.
The pumper trucks will come with a full bumper-to-bumper warranty of two years and additional warranties of four years on the apparatus’s electrical system, five years on the engine and transmission, five years on parts and two years for labor on the pump, ten years on the cab and aluminum structural integrity, and lifetime on the frame crossmembers and water tank. The life expectancy of the pumper trucks is twelve years.
These new firefighting trucks will meet the EPA’s current emission standards for trucks with diesel engines. All seven trucks being purchased will replace existing units that have reached their useful life and will be sent to auction for disposition.
M/WBE Participation:
Zero-Percent Goal Document Approved by the Office of Business Opportunity
Hire Houston First:
This procurement is exempt from the City’s Hire Houston First Ordinance. Bids/proposals were not solicited because the Department is utilizing an Interlocal or Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for this purchase.
Fiscal Note:
Funding for this item is included in the FY2017 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policy Ord. 2017-078.
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John J. Gillespie, Chief Procurement Officer Department Approval Authority Signature
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division