S38-E287354-H - Approve the purchase of aerial ladder truck, tower platform truck, pumper trucks, high pressure pumper truck, high water brush fire truck, aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) mechanic truck, aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) response command vehicles through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $8,796,413.00 for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Houston Fire Department and the Houston Airport System.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Fleet Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of one (1) aerial ladder truck, one (1) tower platform truck, nine (9) pumper trucks, one (1) high pressure pumper truck one (1) high water brush fire truck, one (1) aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF), mechanic truck, and two (2) ARFF response command vehicles through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $8,796,413.00 for the Houston Fire Department and the Houston Airport System and that authorization be given to issue purchase orders to the H-GAC contractors shown below. These firefighting trucks will be used citywide by the department twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for elevated firefighting operations, fire suppression and responding to emergency medical incidents. The response command vehicle will be used to transport department personnel to help in facilitating the rescue of citizens trapped in dangerous situations. The ARFF mechanic truck and the response command vehicles will be used at the George Bush Intercontinental and the William P. Hobby Airports to respond to aircraft emergencies and repairs. The funding for these firefighting trucks is included in the adopted FY19 Equipment Acquisition Plan.
HGAC Contractors:
Metro Fire Apparatus Specialists, Inc.: Approve the purchase of one (1) aerial ladder truck, one (1) tower platform truck, nine (9) pumper trucks and one (1) high pressure pumper truck and in the total amount of $8,415,927.00
Siddons-Martin Emergency Group, LLC: Approve the purchase of one (1) high water brush truck in the total amount of $169,012.00.
Chastang Enterprises Inc. d/b/a Chastang Ford: Approve the purchase of one (1) AARF mechanic truck and two (2) AARF response command vehicles in the total amount of $211,474.00.
The aerial ladder truck, tower platform truck and the pumper 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 truck, tower platform truck pumper trucks and the high water brush truck is fifteen years.
The mechanic truck and the response command vehicles will come with warranties of three years/36,000 miles on the cab and chassis and two years/24-months on the bodies. The life expectancy of the vehicles is ten years.
These new firefighting trucks (trucks) will meet the EPA’s current emission standards for trucks with diesel and gasoline engines. All sixteen (16) 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:
No significant Fiscal Operating impact is anticipated as a result of this project.
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Jerry Adams, Chief Procurement Officer Department Approval Authority
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division