This is for the approval to rent one knuckle boom truck and two roll-off container trucks in the amount of $265,680 from Heil Environmental in care of Big Truck Rentals. The City of Savannah’s Residential Refuse Division will utilize the knuckle boom truck to provide weekly curbside pickup of bulk items and large debris removal following an emergency event. The two roll-off container trucks will be used by the Refuse Disposal Division and Commercial Disposal Division. There are currently two roll-off trucks on order for the Refuse Disposal Division and two (2) knuckle boom trucks on order for the Residential Refuse Division. However, due to the global supply chain issues that are impacting the auto industry the new trucks will not be ready until the spring of 2023.

Per section 2-4152 of the City’s Purchasing Ordinance, the City may purchase goods or services through the use of a cooperative contract. The contract used for this procurement is a Sourcewell contract # 091219-THC for Mobile Refuse Collection Vehicles. It was competitively bid by Sourcewell and it expires on 11/15/2023. The vendor is:

C.C.     Heil Environmental in C/o Big Truck Rentals (5001 W Lemon St, Tampa, FL) (D)     $265,680

A pre-proposal meeting was not conducted as this is being procured through the use of a Sourcewell Cooperative Contract. (D) indicates non-local, non-DBE business. 

Approval