Title
Purchase of Ten Fire Pumper Trucks - Contract Recommendation (Ordinance S-49015)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a contract with Hughes Fire Equipment, Inc., for purchase of fire pumper trucks. Further request to authorize the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item. This item will have an aggregate value of $8,920,750.
Report
Summary
The Public Works Department is responsible for purchasing fleet vehicles and equipment, including fire apparatus. The Fire Department has requested the purchase of 10 pumper trucks to replace aging units with an average age of 18 years old that exceed the estimated asset life. These units are critical for the Fire Department to provide emergency response services including combating structural fires and providing emergency medical services to Phoenix residents and surrounding municipalities who are automatic aid partners in the computer-aided dispatching system.
Procurement Information
In accordance with Administrative Regulation 3.10, normal competition was waived as a result of a determination memo citing unusual nature. Due to the unique build specifications reviewed and deemed acceptable by the Phoenix Fire Department and the Public Works Department, the manufacturer Pierce is being used.
Pierce Impel Pumpers: $716,235 each
Contract Term
This item will be for the one-time purchase of 10 fire pumper trucks, starting on or about Sept. 21, 2022.
Financial Impact
The aggregate contract value will not exceed $8,920,750.
Funding is available in the Fire Department's budget.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays and Deputy City Manager Karen Peters, and the Fire and Public Works departments.