Explanation
Manual side loader collection vehicles are an integral part of the Refuse Collection Division's mechanized collection system. This ordinance authorizes the purchase of three (3) 17 cubic yard manual side loader trucks to replace aging, high maintenance expense vehicles. Formal competitive bids were solicited and opened by the Purchasing Office on July 24, 2003 (solicitation #SA000484GRW). Bids were received from the following (vendor/make and model/unit cost):
Cab and Chassis Bid
Center City International/International: $49,771.00
Body Bids
McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing Company/McNeilus 20 cubic yard: $45,000.00
Best Equipment Company, Inc./body/LaBrie: $52,163.00
Schodorf Truck Body and Equipment Company, Inc./body/Shu-Pak: $69,101.00*
Combined Cab and Chassis and Body Bids
Graham Ford, Inc./Sterling Acterra and Shu-Pak: $116,733.00
Ace Equipment Sales, Inc./Lodal EVO: $138,300.00
*met bid specifications
The complete refuse collection truck consists of the cab, chassis, and body. The Refuse Collection Division recommends the purchase of the Sterling cab and chassis and the Shu-Pak body from Graham Ford (majority), contract compliance number 34-0901877 (expiring January 15, 2006), as the lowest, best, most responsive and most responsible bid. The total cost of the complete truck is $122,576.00 per unit including these bid options:
Included Options (Cab and Chassis)
Right Hand floor heater, $820.00 per unit, $2,460.00 total
Included Options (Body)
Second Cart Dumper on Street Side, $5,023.00 per unit, $15,069.00 total
The division has not purchased manual side loaders for several years.
This expense is budgeted within the Voted 1995, 1999 Refuse Collection Fund and is consistent with the division's scheduled collection vehicle replacement program. This ordinance also appropriates and transfers funding within the Special Income Tax Fund because all unencumbered cash within the Refuse Collect...
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