CC MEETING: July 12, 2016
DATE: June 30, 2016
TO: Leonard Martin. City Manager
FROM: Gregg Salmi, Assistant Fire Chief
Carl W. Shelton, Fleet and Facilities Director
Vince Priolo, Purchasing Manager
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Consider Approval Of The Purchase Of One Replacement 100' Aerial Ladder Truck From Hall Buick, Pontiac, GMC (A Ferrara Fire Apparatus Dealer) Through An Interlocal Agreement With BuyBoard In An Amount Not To Exceed $1,187,643.
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BACKGROUND:
This agenda item is for the purchase of a replacement 100' aerial ladder truck for Carrollton Fire Rescue. The current aerial ladder (Truck 112) is being retired per Fleet's policy on age, hours and maintenance. A $200,000 trade-in allowance for existing Truck 112 is being given by Ferrara, thus the purchase price is $1,187,643 for the new rig.
For competitive purposes, quotes were obtained from the following:
BuyBoard - $1,187,643
HGAC - $1,188,143
The purchase will be through BuyBoard in an amount not to exceed $1,187,643, which includes a 1.75% contingency allowance of $20,784 to cover any unexpected changes required during the extensive build process. The contingency funds would be used to cover safety improvements, factory design change requirements and/or other compliance change orders.
The normal replacement life cycle for an aerial ladder apparatus is 11 years. Existing Truck 112's replacement date is May 1, 2017, at which time the rig will be fully depreciated. Truck 112's chassis and ladder platform, a 2005 demo unit, was built by Spartan Motors. The body was built by Ferrara Fire Apparatus. This ladder truck has been a maintenance burden since the unit was placed in service in April 2006. For fiscal years 2011 through 2015 the unit was out of service for 14,244 hours (yearly average equates to 2,848.8 hours or 32.52% of the time). The lifetime maintenance cost, through the first quarter of FY16, is $348,973. Issues during the rig's service life included repetitive chassis ...
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