Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 31069161, with Chastang Enterprises Inc., for the purchase of three 2023 Autocar DC-64 Cab & Chassis, for the Solid Waste Residential Collection Department.
Item Summary
This Purchase Order is for three 2023 Autocar DC-64 Cab & Chassis, from Chastang Enterprises Inc., of Houston, Texas. The three cab & chassis will have three commercial side-loader trash truck bodies installed on them. Each cab & chassis has a unit cost of $174,716, for a total equipment cost of $524,148. The Purchase Order for $524,548 includes a $400 Buyboard fee.
This purchase is made through BuyBoard Contract 601-19. BuyBoard is a cooperative purchasing program that manages the solicitation requirements and offers an established network of awarded contracts that have been competitively bid. Cooperative purchasing authorized in Chapter 271 of the Local Government Code, allows a local government to participate in a cooperative purchasing program, and BuyBoard purchases conform to the requirements of Texas competitive bid statutes.
Fiscal Impact
This purchase, for $524,548.00, is funded in Capital Improvement Project 92787 General Fund Vehicle Replacement FY 2022-23.
Staff/Board Recommending
Brooke Witcher, Assistant City Manager Dominic Esperat, Director of Fleet Operations.