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Recommendation to Authorize the Purchase of Two Replacement Vehicles Consistent with the Revised Vehicle Replacement Policy in Amounts Not-to-Exceed $181,207 from Global for One Aerial/Bucket Truck and $232,533 from Altec Industries for One Crane Truck. (Public Works 60141581)
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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Jennifer Ott, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council previously appropriated funds and on January 3, 2023, authorized the purchase of two replacement trucks: an aerial/bucket truck for streetlight maintenance and a crane truck for sewer operations from Downtown Ford, the State contract recipient for these particular trucks. Ford is unable to fulfill this order with model year 2023 trucks. Ford can fill this order with model year 2024 trucks, which will have a 2-year delivery time and an increase in cost estimated at 10-15%. Due to this change, tonight's action authorizes the purchase of these replacement vehicles from different vendors through Sourcewell, a cooperative purchasing agency in which the City of Alameda (City) participates.
Staff recommends canceling the previously issued purchase order to Downtown Ford for $404,162.72 and instead purchasing the replacement trucks from Global, in an amount not-to-exceed $181,207 for a 2023 Ford 550 outfitted with an aerial/bucket for streetlight operations, and Altec Industries, in the amount not-to-exceed $233,533.11 for a 2023 RAM 5500 crane truck for sewer operations. Altec Industries and Global have supplied similar trucks to Alameda Municipal Power for over 10 years and each hold a Sourcewell contract on which the pricing was based. The total purchase price from these alternate vendors for the two replacement trucks is $413,740.11, a 2.5% increase from the previously approved purchase.
BACKGROUND
On November 5, 2019, City Council approved revised Administrative Policy and Procedure Number 48, Vehicle and Equipment Replacement Policy (Fleet Replacemen...
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