S77-E26058- Approve the purchase of automated recycling carts through the Interlocal Agreement with the City of Tucson in the amount of $99,160.00.
Specific Explanation:
The Director of the Solid Waste Management Department and the Chief Procurement Officer recommend that City Council approve the purchase of automated recycling carts through the Interlocal Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing between the City of Houston and the City of Tucson, Arizona in the amount of $99,160.00 for the Solid Waste Management Department and that authorization be given to issue a purchase order to the City of Tucson contractor, Toter, LLC. These carts will be used citywide by the department in its automated recycling collection program. The funding for these recycling carts is included in the FY17 Equipment Acquisition Consolidated Plan.
This purchase consists of 2,000, 96-gallon capacity two-wheel recycling carts. These recycling carts will be issued to new residential customers participating in the department's recycling program and customers requiring replacement carts for units that have been lost, stolen, or damaged beyond repairs. 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:
Funding for this item is included in the FY17 Adopted Budget. Therefore, no Fiscal Note is required as stated in the Financial Policy Ord. 2014-1078.
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John J. Gillespie, Chief Procurement Officer Department Approval Authority Signature
Finance, Strategic Procurement Division