S38-E25583 - Approve the purchase of automated refuse carts through the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Tucson in the amount of $474,000.00 for the Solid Waste Management Department.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Solid Waste Management Department and the City Purchasing Agent recommend that City Council approve the purchase of automated refuse carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing between the City of Houston and the City of Tucson, Arizona in the amount of $474,000.00 for the Solid Waste Management Department, and that authorization be given to issue a purchase order to the City of Tucson’s contractor, Toter, LLC. These carts will be used citywide by the Department in its automated garbage collection program. The funding for these refuse carts is included in the adopted FY16 Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Plan.
This purchase consists of 10,000, 96-gallon capacity two-wheel refuse carts. These refuse carts will be issued to new residential customers, customers participating in the Department’s extra-capacity program, and customers requiring replacement carts for units that have been lost, stolen or damaged beyond repair. The new carts will come with a full fifteen-year warranty and the life expectancy is fifteen to twenty years.
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 Agreement or Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for this Purchase.
Attachment: M/WBE Zero Percentage Goal document approved by the Office of Business Opportunity
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Calvin D. Wells, City Purchasing Agent Department Approval Authority Signature
Finance/Strategic Procurement Division