SUBJECT/RECOMMENDATION:
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Approve an annual contract (blanket purchase order) with Wastequip, LLC, Statesville, NC, in the amount of $175,000 for the purchase of compactors and compactor parts and authorize the appropriate officials to execute same. (consent)
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SUMMARY:
The City of Clearwater’s Solid Waste Department provides collection service for putrescible garbage and recyclable cardboard from commercial customers. Large amounts of this debris may be transported in self-contained compactor units and charge box containers by City collection vehicles to State-permitted disposal facilities.
The Department has approximately 100 compactor customers in the city and adds new customers on a regular basis, establishing the need for new compactors. Solid Waste has a container maintenance section that performs repairs and refurbishing of compactors as needed, but occasionally replacement is necessary. This contract will provide for the purchase of new account equipment, replacement equipment, and repair parts.
The standardization of Wastequip compactors expedites contract repairs and maintenance, eliminates excessive equipment downtime, as well as reduces the inventory volume of parts and supplies to be maintained (pursuant to Section 21: Standardization, of the City's Purchasing Manual).
Competitive Wastequip pricing is available on NJPA (National Joint Powers Association) contract 041217-WQI. City Code 2.564 Exceptions to bid and quotation procedure, Item (d) provides for the utilization of cooperative purchasing contracts previously awarded by other governmental entities.
The Solid Waste Department requests Council authorization to piggyback the designated NJPA purchasing contract, awarded to Wastequip, LLC, Statesville, NC.
APPROPRIATION CODE AND AMOUNT:
Funding for this contract is available in capital project 315-96444, Commercial Container Acquisition.
USE OF RESERVE FUNDS:
N/A