Title
Purchase of Fire Service Apparatus - Houston-Galveston Area Council Contracts (Ordinance S-43791)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to access the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) contracts and enter into contracts with Emergency Vehicle Group, Inc., H & E Equipment Services, Inc., Oshkosh Airport Products, LLC, Pierce Manufacturing, Inc., Rosenbauer Minnesota, LLC, and Rosenbauer South Dakota, LLC, to purchase fire service apparatus for the Public Works Department, on behalf of the Fire Department, in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Fire Department has aging fire service apparatus and these contracts will allow for purchase of ladder trucks, ladder tenders, fire pumpers, fire tankers, and also aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF) trucks. Adopting the multiple H-GAC contracts will allow the Fire Department to purchase fire service apparatus to meet the various needs of the department, which is critical to providing emergency response services to City of Phoenix residents.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, a participating agreement is required when the City uses a cooperative agreement from another public agency. H-GAC is a regional council of governments operating under the laws of the State of Texas and the agreements cover capital-intensive products and services for emergency vehicles, medium- and heavy-duty truck and truck bodies. The H-GAC contracts were awarded using a similar competitive process as set forth in Phoenix City Code, Chapter 43. Utilization of cooperative agreements allows the City to benefit from national government pricing and volume discounts. The H-GAC contracts were awarded on Dec. 1, 2015, and will end on Nov. 30, 2017. This request seeks authorization to make purchases directly from the manufacturers or from their local/regional dealers.
Financial Impact
The purchases will not exceed $3,500,000, including applicable taxes. Funds are available in the Fire Department's budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr., Deputy City Manager Karen Peters, and the Public Works and Fire departments.