TO: Mayor and Commissioners
FROM: Theresa Webb, Chief Purchasing Officer
THROUGH: Donald B. Cooper, City Manager
DATE: September 8, 2016
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PURCHASE AWARD TO TEN-8 FIRE EQUIPMENT, INC. FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) PIERCE VELOCITY PUMPER TRUCKS AND ONE (1) PIERCE VELOCITY 75’HEAVY ALUMINUM LADDER TRUCK (HAL).
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Recommended Action:
Recommendation
Motion to Approve an award to Ten-8 Fire Equipment, Inc. for the purchase of two (2) Pierce Velocity Pumper Trucks in an amount of $1,505,000.00 each and one (1) Pierce Velocity 75’Heavy Aluminum Ladder Truck (HAL) in an amount of $1,049,000.00.
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Background:
Delray Beach Fire Rescue’s fire suppression fleet consists of six (6) apparatus whose manufacture dates range from 1992-2011, two (2) ladder trucks dating 2003 and 2009, and one (1) Squirt manufactured in 2005. Six (6) of these apparatuses are over 10 years old and require constant maintenance and repair. The oldest pumper utilized on a frequent basis is the 2001 Pierce.
Delray Beach Fire Rescue continues to see an annual increase of call volume related to multiple factors including but not limited to, population growth, tourism, booming industry, and heroin/narcotic use. In 2001, Delray Beach Fire Rescue ran 8,769 calls. According to the annual report for 2016, that call volume has increased to 13,255. This 50% increase in call volume that our apparatus have had to respond to have amplified the need for a newer fleet of response vehicles.
Standardization of these apparatus is essential to ensuring public safety in order to meet consistent performance, compatibility, familiarity and operational capabilities during both emergency and non-emergency operations. It is imperative especially under emergency and lifesaving operations that operators and crews of these vehicles can maneuver, gather equipment, be familiar with equipment and medication location, charging of hose lines, operation of aerial equipmen...
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