Title
Medium and Heavy-Duty Non-Revenue CATS Support Vehicles
Action
Action:
A. Approve a unit price contract to the lowest responsive bidder Piedmont Truck Center for the purchase of medium and heavy-duty non-revenue support vehicles for an initial term of one year, and
B. Authorize the City Manager to renew the contract for up to four, one-year terms with possible price adjustments and to amend the contract consistent with the purpose for which the contract was approved.
Body
Staff Resource(s):
Brent Cagle, CATS
Allen C. Smith III, CATS
Jennifer Fehribach, CATS
Explanation
? CATS departmental support vehicles are assessed on an annual basis to determine replacement needs based on rating of vehicle usage, age, maintenance cost, and condition.
? Vehicles being purchased include medium-duty pickup trucks and heavy-duty cab and chassis.
* No vendor currently offers an electric, plug-in hybrid electric or hybrid option that meets the FTA Buy America Requirements.
* This contract will cover CATS' immediate departmental needs to replace the oldest vehicles and ensure support vehicles are reliable and safe.
* With the five-year replacement cycle, CATS will continue to review technology advances and available options to meet the Strategic Energy Action Plan goals before 2030.
? On December 21, 2021, CATS issued an Invitation to Bid (ITB); no bids were received. On July 20, 2022, the ITB was re-issued; one bid was received.
* Piedmont Truck Center was selected as the lowest responsive, responsible bidder.
* CATS' departmental support vehicles will be purchased on an as-needed basis within the confines of the current budgeted amounts and under contract terms.
* The first-year expenditures are estimated to be $716,768.
Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE)
No goals shall be established on Contracts where: (a) there are no subcontracting opportunities identified for the Contract; or (b) there are no DBEs certified to perform the scopes of work that the city ...
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