DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: CityWide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Aerial Trucks
SUMMARY:
An ordinance accepting the offer from Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, LLC to provide up to three replacement and two additional aerial trucks in FY 2016 and 2017 for a total cost of $750,818.86 for the Transportation & Capital Improvements (TCI) Department. Funding is available from the FY2016 Transportation and Capital Improvements Department's Stormwater Operations Fund and the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the offer submitted by Doggett Freightliner of South Texas, LLC, utilizing the TXMAS cooperative contract 071-072-A to provide up to three replacement and two additional aerial trucks for a total cost of $750,818.86, which includes a $11,095.86 TXMAS cooperative contract fee.
This contract will provide the Transportation & Capital Improvements with up to three replacement and two additional units to the City's fleet. These aerial trucks will be used to perform traffic signal light repairs throughout the City of San Antonio. With a lead time of approximately 300 days for delivery of new aerial trucks, approval of the FY 2017 purchase of one forty-one foot aerial truck will allow the order to be placed early in the fiscal year. This will ensure that the aerial truck will be received at the time existing equipment is due for replacement.
Three replacement trucks will be funded out of the ERRF in the amount of $487,176.66 and two additional units will be funded out of the FY2016 Transportation and Capital Improvements Stormwater Operations Fund in the amount of $263,642.20.
ISSUE:
This contract will provide the Transportation & Capital Improvements up to five aerial trucks for a total cost of $750,818.86. Replacement of these units is consistent with the City's Equipment Ren...
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