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Resolution Authorizing a Contract with Premier Truck Sales & Rental, Inc. for the Rental of Eight Rear Load Refuse Trucks ($117,200.00)
Memorandum
Please find attached for your consideration a resolution that authorizes a contract with Premier Truck Sales & Rental, Inc. for the rental of eight rear load refuse trucks for use in the City’s fall yard waste collection.
In the fall, the volume of yard waste drastically increases and will overwhelm the City’s fleet of three side load compost trucks. These side load truck have smaller “hoppers” designed for the one to two containers per stop found during normal yard waste collection.
The hopper is the area of the truck where the containers/bag are dumped before being packed into the truck. The smaller the hopper, the sooner the operator has to “pack” the truck. When the truck is packing, yard waste cannot be dumped into it.
The rear load trucks being rented have much larger hoppers and require the operator to pack the truck less often. These trucks are better suited for the multiple bags and containers seen during the fall months. Even while using trucks with larger hoppers, the volume increase of yard waste requires more than double the number of trucks sent out each day.
The Fleet and Facilities Unit of the Public Services Area solicited bids for the truck rentals. Four requests were sent out and two vendors were able to supply all eight trucks during the period needed.
BIDDER COST #TRUCKS TOTAL
Premier Truck Sales & Rental, Inc. $11,880.00 per Truck 8 $95,040.00
Bell Equipment Company $11,920.00 per Truck 8 $95,360.00
Rantoul Truck Center, LLC No Bid / No Trucks Available
Big Truck Rental, LLC No Bid / No Trucks Available
Funds were budgeted and are available in the FY14 operations & maintenance budget of the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund.
Included in this resolution is a contingency of $22,160.00 for two additional weeks of rental based on a...
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