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Recommendation to adopt Specifications No. ITB FS17-137 and award a contract to Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, of Whittier, CA, for the purchase and delivery of four 2018 Autocar ACX, CNG-fueled Roll-Off Trucks, for a total amount not to exceed $1,027,675, inclusive of taxes and fees. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, for the purchase of four Autocar ACX roll-off trucks with a CNG fuel system. These new vehicles were approved in the FY 16 and FY 17 vehicle replacement plans and are fully capitalized by previously collected replacement funds from the Department of Public Works.
These vehicles will replace 2003 model-year, LNG-fueled roll-off trucks used by the Environmental Service Bureau that are four years past their useful life. Roll-off trucks are used to move refuse collected by the Street Sweeping Division from the sweepers to a large bin, and subsequently to a refuse transfer station. Roll-off trucks are also used to haul used tires and other scrap material for appropriate disposal.
The bid was advertised in the Long Beach Press-Telegram on August 9, 2017, and 1,410 potential bidders specializing in vehicles were notified of the bid opportunity. Of those bidders, 14 downloaded the bid via the City’s electronic bid system. The bid document was made available from the Purchasing Division, located on the seventh floor of City Hall, and the Division’s website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing. A bid announcement was also included in the Purchasing Division’s weekly update of Open Bid Opportunities, which is sent to 22 local, minority, and women-owned business groups. Four bids were received on September 5, 2017. Of those bidders, none were Minority-owned Business Enterprises (MBEs), Women-owned Business Enterprises (WBEs), Small Business Enterprises (SBEs), or Long Beach businesses (Local). Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, of Whittier, CA (not MBE, WBE, or L...
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