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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute all documents necessary to amend Contract No. 34210 with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Los Angeles Freightliner, of Whittier, CA, for the purchase of ten additional Autocar ACX 64, CNG-fueled, refuse collection trucks, with related equipment and accessories, for an additional amount of $3,303,658, for a total contract amount not to exceed $6,607,316, inclusive of taxes and fees. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On February 9, 2016, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-0011, authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, for the purchase of ten Autocar ACX 64, CNG-fueled refuse trucks, under the same terms and conditions afforded to the City of Claremont, CA.
City Council approval is requested to amend the contract with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, for the purchase of ten additional Autocar ACX 64, CNG-fueled, 29 cubic yard side-loading refuse collection trucks for use by the Public Works Department (PW). Procurement of the additional ten units was approved in the FY 16 replacement plan. The units being replaced are 12 years old and have exceeded their seven-year recommended life cycle. Sufficient replacement funds have been collected to replace the ten units.
City Charter Section 1802 provides an alternative procurement method by permitting the City to purchase or otherwise obtain services, supplies, materials, equipment, and labor with other governmental agencies by purchasing under their contracts on a voluntary and selective basis when authorized by a Resolution of the City Council.
The Fleet Services Bureau and the Purchasing Division of the Financial Management Department investigated procurement options, and the City of Claremont’s contract with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, of Whittier, CA (not an MBE, WBE, DBE, SBE or Local), was determined to provide the best price. Additionally, this procurement method...
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