Broken Arrow Municipal Authority
Meeting of: 04-07-2020
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Approval of and authorization to purchase three (3) automated side loading refuse trucks from Curbtender, pursuant to the Sourcewell Cooperative Purchasing Contract, for the Sanitation Division
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Background:
On November 5, 2019, the Broken Arrow Municipal Authority (BAMA) approved the recommendations of the Citizens' Recycling Committee with the amendments proposed by the City Manager for curbside refuse and recycling and directed staff to proceed with implementation. Part of the implementation is to include the phase in of automated side-loading trucks (ASL) to service the recycle routes. Our fleet of standard rear-loading trucks will be used for all the refuse routes and to supplement the recycle routes until such time enough ASL's are acquired to service the recycling routes.
Like most trucks that are specified, ordered and built, acquisition can take up a year or more. Being our recycle routes are scheduled to start in September and the trucks need to arrive at least one to two months prior in order to provide adequate time for operator training, the Purchasing Department researched ASL "spec trucks" that are available for delivery by July 2020. "Spec trucks", are trucks that are built with the standard features and specifications most commonly ordered by customers and will meet the needs of most refuse applications. The dealers typically build these "spec trucks" in addition to their normal orders.
The Purchasing Division assembled a bid tabulation of ASL "spec trucks" from the State of Oklahoma Garbage Truck statewide contract and from cooperative purchasing agreements Sourcewell and HGAC Buy. United Engines and Curbtender were the only dealers having "spec trucks" meeting delivery requirements. Both ASL machines are comparable and owners of both have remarked to us that the each works well and have not had any major issues. Additionally, our Fleet Division's experience has b...
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