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Resolution to Approve the Purchase of an Elgin Street Sweeper from Bell Equipment Company (State of Michigan MiDeal Contract # 071B1300075 - $207,309.10)
Memorandum
The attached resolution authorizes the purchase of a 2016 Elgin Pelican series street sweeper, for the total amount of $207,309.10, from Bell Equipment Company, Lake Orion, Michigan. This unit will replace a 2007 street sweeper used by the Public Services Area, Field Operations Unit that has been in service ten years and has 3,452 hours of use.
The Field Operations Unit currently operates a fleet of four mechanical (Pelican series) street sweepers and one vacuum street sweeper. The four Pelicans are used to pick up the larger items and the majority of small debris. The vacuum sweeper is used as a second or "finishing" sweeper to pick up the small debris that the mechanical sweepers cannot pick up.
The four mechanical sweepers are comprised of two that require water to be sprayed on the roadway to keep the dust down during the sweeping operation and two "'waterless" units. The Field Operations Unit has requested that the unit being replaced, a waterless unit, be replaced with a unit that sprays water. While both types of sweepers are needed to maintain the City's streets, a water based unit provides a healthier atmosphere for residents and operators by reducing airborne dust generated in the sweeping process. During the spring cycle of sweeping, excessive dust overwhelms the filtration capacity of the unit which increases maintenance time and reduces the machines availability for use. Since there are no backup or spare sweepers in the Fleet, this down time is problematic.
All of the City of Ann Arbor's street sweepers are Elgins and parts are interchangeable, which allows a substantial reduction in parts inventory.
Bell Equipment Company was awarded the bid for Street Sweeper by the State of Michigan through its MiDeal Cooperative Purchasing Program.
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