Title
Amend Contract with Mr. Bult’s, Inc. (Ordinance S-46373)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an amendment to Contract No. 135187 with Mr. Bult’s, Inc. (MBI) to allow MBI to accept $72,305.45 in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) grant funding through the City of Phoenix and to apply the funds to replace an aging diesel tractor trailer with a new compressed natural gas (CNG) tractor trailer for use under its existing contract to provide solid waste hauling services for the Public Works Department. Further request to authorize the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse the necessary funds.
Report
Summary
In 2019, the Public Works Department was awarded a $1,000,000 grant from the EPA under its FY 2019 Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program pursuant to the federal Diesel Emissions Reduction Act. The intent of the grant program is to provide funding to help subsidize vehicle costs to replace higher polluting diesel engines with cleaner burning CNG engines to reduce harmful air emissions. As part of its application, the Public Works Department proposed partnering with its long-haul services contractor MBI to replace one of its aging diesel tractor trailers with a 2020 CNG Kenworth T880. Included in the $1,000,000 grant, EPA provided $72,305.45 to the City to pass on to MBI.
Contract Term
The initial six-year term of the MBI contract began on July 1, 2013. The agreement contains three one-year options to extend.
Financial Impact
No match or General Fund monies are required to provide this grant funding to MBI.
Concurrence/Previous Council Action
The City Council authorized the MBI Contract for solid waste hauling services on Dec. 5, 2012 (Ordinance S-39421). The City Council authorized the Public Works Department to apply for and accept the EPA grant funds and to partner with MBI on March 20, 2019 (Ordinance S-45484).
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Karen Peters and the Public Works Department.