DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
SAFD Ladder and Platform Trucks
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes an annual contract Siddons-Martin Emergency Group to provide an estimated quantity of 13 replacement and 2 additional Velocity Trucks for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $17,854,387.00 over a two year period.
Funding for the 2 additional Velocity Trucks in the amount of $2,036,269.00 will be paid through a Tax-Exempt Lease Purchase Agreement, or other financial obligations, contingent on the execution of a lease program schedule or other issuance approved by subsequent Ordinance. The FY 2018 funding for 9 replacement Velocity Trucks in the amount of $10,326,518.00 is available from the Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund (ERRF). Additional Velocity Truck purchases for replacement in FY 2019 would be subject to the appropriation of funds.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the offer submitted by Siddons-Martin Emergency Group utilizing the HGAC cooperative contract number FS12-17 to provide an estimated quantity of fifteen Velocity Trucks for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $17,854,387.00.
This contract will provide the San Antonio Fire Department with units for fighting fires and other emergency response requirements. The current Fire Department inventory consists of 20 frontline ladder trucks, 9 spare units; 53 frontline pumper trucks and 17 spare units. This contract will increase the frontline truck count with the purchase of an additional ladder truck which will be assigned to Fire Station 18 and an additional pumper truck which will be assigned to Fire Station 54. The contract will provide 9 replacements and 2 add-on units in FY 2018 and 4 replacements in FY 2019. The life expectancy of these replacement units is 180 months. With a lead time of up to 330 days for delivery of new fire trucks, ...
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