City of Columbus - File #: 1937-2008

• File #: 1937-2008
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/24/2008
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 12/15/2008
• Final action: 12/17/2008
• Title: To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract with ESEC Corporation, and Bell Equipment Company, for the purchase of truck cabs, chassis and bodies, which collectively constitute eighteen (18) automated side loader refuse collection trucks for the Division of Refuse Collection; to appropriate and authorize the City Auditor to transfer $4,063,248.00 from the Special Income Tax Fund to the Refuse G.O. Bonds Fund; to appropriate and authorize the expenditure of $4,063,248.00 from the Refuse G.O. Bonds Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,063,248.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
12/17/2008	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
12/16/2008	1	MAYOR	Signed
12/15/2008	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
12/15/2008	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
12/1/2008	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
12/1/2008	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
11/28/2008	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/28/2008	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
11/26/2008	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/26/2008	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/26/2008	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/26/2008	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/26/2008	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
11/25/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/25/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/25/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/25/2008	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/25/2008	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/24/2008	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
11/24/2008	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
11/24/2008	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
11/24/2008	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
This legislation authorizes the Director of Finance and Management to enter into contract for the purchase of 18 Automated Side Loading (ASL) Trucks for the Division of Refuse Collection, Department of Public Service.

Automated side loading collection vehicles are the backbone of the Division of Refuse Collection's mechanized collection system. This order will replace aging, high maintenance vehicles that have exceeded their planned life cycle. Formal competitive bids were solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office on June 12, 2008, (solicitation SA002906). Bids were received from the following (vendor / unit cost):

Cab and Chassis Bids
ESEC Corporation dba Columbus Peterbilt/ $120,006.00

Body Bids
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing $84,700.00
Bell Equipment Company (Wayne Curbtender) $104,700.00
Bell Equipment Company (Heil DuraPack) $129,300.00

Division of Refuse Collection operation personnel are recommending the purchase of the Peterbilt cab and chassis from ESEC Corporation, dba Columbus Peterbilt, and the Wayne Curbtender body from Bell Equipment Company, as the lowest, best, responsive, and responsible bids.

The Division of Refuse Collection rejected the body bid proposal from McNeilus due to the determination that their equipment did not meet or exceed the "zero-radius" equipment performance specifications that are needed to service the tight clearance configurations that exist in our alley's and older neighborhoods.

The complete refuse collection truck consists of the cab, chassis, and body. The Refuse Collection Division is recommending that the Department of Finance and Management enter into a contract with Columbus Peterbilt to purchase eighteen (18) Peterbilt cab and chassis, each costing $120,006.00, with six (6) of the eighteen (18) having Webasto heating/cooling units, each unit costing $3,090. As well, the Department of Finance and Management will enter into a contract with Bell Equipm...