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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. RFP PW15-109 for a Compressed Natural Gas Fuel Station: Design, Build, Operate, Maintain & Monitor, and Fuel Accounting Services Project; award a design-build contract to TruStar Energy, of Rancho Cucamonga, CA, in the amount of $2,855,661, authorize a 15 percent contingency in the amount of $428,349, for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,284,010; authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any necessary amendments thereto; and
Increase appropriations in the Fleet Services Fund (IS 386) in the Public Works Department (PW) by $3,497,925. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a design-build contract with TruStar Energy, for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fuel Station: Design, Build, Operate, Maintain & Monitor, and Fuel Accounting Services (DBOMMA).
Currently, the Fleet Services Bureau (Fleet) provides Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuel to refuse trucks and street sweepers through a dedicated facility in its Temple/Willow Facility. While LNG has served the City well, as the alternative fuel market has matured, LNG equipment has become less available and CNG has emerged as the dominant heavy-duty vehicle fuel. Both the refuse and sweeper fleets are due for replacement, which provides an opportunity to convert those fleets to a less expensive, more environmentally-friendly CNG fueling system. Fleet plans to phase out the LNG vehicles over the next three years.
It is the Fleet’s intent to contract with TruStar Energy to provide installation of fueling equipment and future maintenance support of that equipment to dispense CNG fuel at a location within the parking lot of Fleet (attachment). This DBOMMA contract to install a new 24/7 fully-functional CNG Fuel Station includes civil work, equipment foundations, equipment installation, safety systems, lighting system, fuel management system, startup and commissioni...
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