Title
Fire Rescue Service Apparatus
Action
Action:
A. Approve a unit price contract with Super Vacuum Manufacturing Company Inc. for the purchase of fire rescue trucks for a term of one year under the Houston-Galveston Area Council Buy contract FS12-15, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for additional one-year terms as long as the cooperative contract is in effect, at prices and terms that are the same or more favorable than those offered under the cooperative contract.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Jon Hannan, Fire
Kevin Gordon, Fire
Cooperative Purchasing Exemption
NC S.L. 2001-328, effective January 1, 2002, authorizes competitive group purchasing.
Explanation
§ The Charlotte Fire Department uses fire rescue trucks for a variety of emergencies such as vehicle pin-ins, water rescue, high angle rescue, trench emergencies, and building collapses. Each truck carries all needed equipment to respond to each unique call.
§ Purchase two fire rescue trucks to replace the two 1999 model year trucks currently in use. The trucks currently in use will be used in reserve status.
§ Super Vacuum Manufacturing Company Inc. has a cooperative contract awarded through the Houston-Galveston Area Council Buy that offers competitively-obtained contracts to public agencies nationwide to provide goods to public agencies at best value.
§ The unit price for each rescue truck is $886,703. Fire anticipates purchasing two rescue trucks and additional purchases will be subject to the availability of funding and need.
Charlotte Business INClusion
These are cooperative purchasing contracts and are exempt (Part A: Appendix 27 of the Charlotte Business INClusion Policy).
Fiscal Note
Funding: General Capital Equipment Replacement Fund