DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Squad Trucks
SUMMARY:
This Ordinance authorizes acceptance of a bid from Cowboy Dodge to provide four additional four wheel drive squad trucks for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $226,752.00. Funding is included in the FY 2018 Fire Department General Fund Budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the bid submitted by Cowboy Dodge to furnish four Dodge Ram 2500 crew cab first responder squad trucks for a total cost of $226,752.00. These trucks will be new additions to the fleet and will be used to support deployed ladder trucks with additional fire fighters and equipment, and respond to calls for service that do not require the use of a fire engine.
This purchase will provide four three-quarter ton long bed trucks complete with communication equipment, sirens, emergency lighting, and cargo enclosure. These trucks will be utilized by Fire Stations #18, #2, #41, and #51.
ISSUE:
This contract will provide the City of San Antonio Fire Department with four three-quarter ton crew cab trucks.
These vehicles have a 36,000 mile/36 month bumper-to-bumper warranty.
The Small Business Economic Development Advocacy (SBEDA) Ordinance requirements were waived due to the lack of small, minority, and/or women businesses available to provide these goods and services.
In accordance with the Local Preference Program, no local preference was applied since the local bidder is not within 3% of the recommended lowest non-local bidder.
The Veteran-Owned Small Business Preference Program does not apply to goods/supplies contracts, so no preference was applied to this contract.
ALTERNATIVES:
Should this contract not be approved, the San Antonio Fire Department could be delayed in timely responses for structure fires and extrications, which would impact delivery of essential service...
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