Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Public Utilities to enter into a contract with 160 Driving Academy to provide Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) training to certain Department of Public Utilities employees.
Some DPU employees need a CDL to operate departmental trucks and vehicles in order to perform their duties. This ordinance will provide funding for a class of 26 DPU employees: 14 from the Division of Sewerage and Drainage (DOSD), nine from the Division of Water (DOW), and three from the Division of Power (DOP).
The Department previously bid out these training services. There were numerous issues with the awarded company and the contract was terminated. The training company was not familiar with the pre-trip testing in Ohio so they trained our employees incorrectly for two days. Additionally, the company also was not familiar with the Ohio-specific requirements of CDL training, which are more stringent than the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) guidelines. As a result, seven of our employees would not have been able to take their CDL test at the completion of the training because they did not have 10 hours on the road.
In addition to the aforementioned issues, six of our employees have probationary periods that end in July/August and are required to obtain their CDL by the end of their probationary period. The Department has been granted a grace period because we did not have a CDL training in place. Due to these timing and quality issues, it is in the best interest of the City to waive the provisions of competitive bidding and award the contract for CDL training services to 160 Driving Academy.
SUPPLIER:
160 Driving Academy | D365 Vendor # n/a | EIN n/a | | The vendor is in the process of registering in our system.
The Contractor is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Finding...
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