TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager, or designee, to execute a contract, and any necessary documents including subsequent amendments, with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers, of Whittier, CA, an authorized distributor of Crane Carrier trucks, for the purchase of 20 CNG Crane Carrier side loader refuse trucks, with New Way side loader refuse bodies, on the same terms and conditions afforded to Sourcewell, in a total amount not to exceed $9,322,091, inclusive of taxes and fees. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is requested to enter into a contract with Los Angeles Truck Centers, LLC, dba Velocity Truck Centers, for the purchase of 20 CNG Crane Carrier with New Way side loader refuse trucks. The proposed units will replace 20 current side-loading refuse trucks used by the Department of Public Works, Environmental Service Bureau (ESB) for daily operations that include collecting refuse and removing litter and debris in public rights-of-way. Ten of the twenty proposed units are direct replacements of the same Sidewinder design of the current automated side loaders. The remaining 10 are slated to be ordered with the dual-purpose Roto-Pac design, pending a performance review and route study of the newer design. The proposed units will be dual-purpose to support the statewide mandatory organic waste collection program as well as regular refuse pickup, thereby reducing the total number of trucks required. Collection and diversion of organic material was mandated in 2016 when Governor Brown signed into law California Senate Bill (SB) 1383, effective January 1, 2022. With the passage of SB 1383, the City of Long Beach (City) will utilize a third bin to collect the organic material (yard debris and food scraps) from commercial and residential accounts to be processed separately from municipal solid waste.
These units are replacing 20 CNG refuse side loaders and are in the approved Fiscal Years 2023 and 202...
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