S79-E28766-H - Approve the purchase of refuse and recycling trucks through the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $5,655,296.00 for the Fleet Management Department on behalf of Solid Waste Management Department.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Fleet Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of twenty-nine (29) garbage and recycling trucks through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) in the total amount of $5,655,296.00 for the Solid Waste Management Department and that authorization be given to issue purchase orders to the H-GAC contractors, as shown below. These garbage and recycling trucks will be used by Department personnel to collect residential waste garbage and residential recycling materials throughout the City of Houston. The funding is included in the adopted FY19 Equipment Acquisition Plan.
HGAC Contractor:
Chastang Enterprises, Inc. dba Chastang's Bayou City Autocar: Approve the purchase of eleven (11) blue and one (1) green new 62,000-lb. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) powered cabs and chassis in the amount of $1,826,604.00.
McNeilus Financial, Inc. dba McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Co.: Approve the purchase of eleven (11) blue and one (1) green new 33-cu. yd. high compaction auto side loader bodies including mounting on the new 62,000-lb. GVWR diesel powered cabs and chassis being purchased from Chastang Enterprises, Inc. dba Chastang's Bayou City Autocar in the amount of $1,544,952.00.
Houston Freightliner, Inc.: Approve the purchase of eight (8) 35,000-lb. (GVWR) tractors cab and chassis, seven (7) new 31,000-lb. (GVWR) cab and chassis to be mounted with rear steer bodies, and two (2) new 62,000-lb. (GVWR) cab and chassis to be mounted with roll-off hoist bodies in the amount of $2,283,740.00.
These new cabs and chassis will meet the EPA's current emission standards for vehicles with diesel engines. The cabs and chassis will come with warranties from one (1) to five (5) years/unlimited miles, two (2) years/250,000 miles on engines and four years/unlimited miles on the transmissions. The auto reach side loaders will come with a one-year warranty on the body structure and five (5) year warranty on the hydraulic cylinders. The life expectancy of the refuse truck is seven (7) years or 100,000 miles. These new refuse and recycling trucks will be replacing existing units that have reached their life expectancy and will be sent to auction for disposition.
M/WBE:
Zero-Percentage Goal Document approved by the Office of Business Opportunity.
Hire Houston First:
The procurement is exempt from the City's Hire Houston First Ordinance. Bids/proposals were not solicited because the department is utilizing an Interlocal 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
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division
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Department Approval Authority
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