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CITY OF HOUSTON - CITY COUNCIL

Meeting Date: 10/4/2016
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Item Creation Date: 8/26/2016

E25976 - Automated Refuse Carts - MOTION

Agenda Item#: 14.


 
                               
Summary:

TOTER, LLC for Automated Refuse Carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with the City of Tucson, Arizona for the Solid Waste Management Department $456,100.00 - General Fund

Background:

S40-E25976 - Approve the purchase of automated refuse carts through the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Tucson in the amount of $456,100.00.

 

Specific Explanation:

The Director of the Solid Waste Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer 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 $456,100.00 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. 

 

This purchase consists of 10,000, 96-gallon capacity two-wheel refuse carts.  These refuse carts will be issued to new residential 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 ten year warranty and the life expectancy is ten to twenty years.

 

MWBE 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 Agreement or Cooperative Purchasing Agreement for this purchase.

 

Fiscal Note:

 

 
Estimated Fiscal Operating Impact
Recurring or One-Time Recurring
Fund Name FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 FY21 FY17-21
General Fund $456,100 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $4,456,100
Total $456,100 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $1,000,000 $4,456,100

             

 

 

 

______________________________________    ______________________________________

John J. Gillespie, Chief Procurement Officer     Department Approval Authority Signature

Finance, Strategic Procurement Division 

Amount of Funding:
$456,100.00 - General Fund (Fund 1000)
Contact Information:

Harry Hayes            SWMD        (832) 393-0454

Desiree Heath         SPD            (832) 393-8742

Jeff Meekins            SPD            (832) 393-8743

ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionType
RCA#E25976-Toter, LLCSigned Cover sheet
MWBE DocsBackup Material