DEPARTMENT: Finance
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Troy Elliott
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Purchase of Ladder Trucks
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes acceptance of an offer from Siddons-Martin Emergency Group to provide four replacement Aerial Platform Ladder Trucks for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $6,045,940.00 over a two-year period.
Funding for three (3) replacement Aerial Platform Ladder Trucks in the amount of $4,488,590.00 is available from the FY 2021 Equipment Renewal and Replacement Fund Budget. Funding for the subsequent years of the contract is subject to the City Council approval of the annual budget.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Submitted for City Council consideration and action is the offer submitted by Siddons-Martin Emergency Group utilizing the Houston-Galveston Cooperative Program Contract Number FS12-19 to provide four Pierce Velocity Aerial Platform Trucks for the San Antonio Fire Department for a total cost of $6,045,940.00
This contract will provide the San Antonio Fire Department with four aerial platform ladder trucks for fighting fires and other emergency response requirements. The current Fire Department inventory consists of twenty-one frontline ladder type trucks, nine authorized spare units; fifty-four frontline pumper trucks and fifteen spare units. This contract will replace three ladder type apparatus trucks in FY 2021 that will be stationed at Fire Station 1 in Council District 2, Fire Station 2 in Council District 4 and Fire Station 32 in Council District 8. The FY 2022 replacement shall be assigned to the location of greatest need, pending the appropriation of funds. The lead-time for these trucks is 395 days. This contract will ensure that fire trucks are received at the time existing equipment is due for replacement.
ISSUE:
This contract will provide the City of San Antonio Fire Department with four aerial platform ladder trucks to assist in fighting fires and with other emerg...
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