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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a vehicle demonstration agreement, and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, of Whittier, CA, to demonstrate an all-electric, rear-loading refuse truck, at no cost to the City of Long Beach, for a period of 90 days, with the option to renew for two additional one-month periods, at the discretion of the City Manager. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a vehicle demonstration agreement with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, to demonstrate a new Crane Carrier, full battery electric refuse truck chassis, with a NewWay 16-yard rear-loader refuse truck body for a period of 90 days. The Environmental Services and Public Service Bureaus of the Public Works Department, and Parks, Recreation and Marine Department staff will be able to test the refuse truck to evaluate it for efficacy in their field operations. Their feedback will be critical for using this new technology for potential future purchases by the Fleet Services Bureau in the Financial Management Department.
Los Angeles Truck Centers is the only vendor offering an all-electric refuse truck for demonstration with the same specifications as the current trucks in use, as it is not in full production by the manufacturers. This demonstration will provide the City of Long Beach (City) with the opportunity to evaluate emerging electric vehicle technology in a heavy-duty application as well as provide suggestions to the manufacturer that can improve the refuse truck’s performance.
City Charter Section 1801 requires that contracts for City purchases be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after a competitive bid process but allows for awards without a competitive bid process when authorized by a Resolution adopted by the City Council.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Anita Lakhani on June 16, 2022 and by Revenue Manag...
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