DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City Wide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of 11 Replacement Street Sweepers
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of a contract with Industrial Disposal Supply Company, LTD. and Cooper Equipment Company to provide the Transportation and Capital Improvements Department with 11 replacement street sweepers for a total cost of $1,889,499.74. Funding for this purchase is available from the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
A. Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the attached tabulation of five bids to replace 10 street sweepers for the Transportation and Capital Improvements Department for a total cost of $1,727,049.74. These units will be purchased from Industrial Disposal Supply Company, LTD. and Cooper Equipment Company.
This purchase will provide 10 replacement street sweepers for the Transportation and Capital Improvements Department. The life expectance of the new equipment is 96 months. The sweepers will be used to sweep debris from City streets.
The Transportation and Capital Improvements Department's fleet of 19 street sweepers, within the Storm Water Division, is comprised of regenerative air type and mechanical broom sweepers. Regenerative air sweepers utilize a combination of forced air and suction to pick up debris from the roadway surface and force it into the sweeper hopper, whereas mechanical broom sweepers rely on the sweeping broom to pick up and convey debris into the hopper. The department assessed street sweeping needs over the past few years and through demonstration and evaluation developed a fleet with a variety of sweeper types to fulfill various street sweeping needs throughout the City.
A sweeper demonstration was held on February 11, 2015 that allowed vendors to demonstrate their sweeper operations to ensure the sweepers met the performance standards outlined in ...
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