This contract is for three sewer vacuum hydro excavation combination trucks and turn key maintenance for four new sewer vacuum trucks with Vactor Manufacturing in care of Environmental Products Group in the amount of $1,617,600. This contract will be used by the City of Savannah’s Stormwater Management Division and the Sewer Maintenance unit. The Stormwater Management Division and the Sewer Maintenance Unit will utilize the sewer vacuum trucks to perform regular cleaning of sewer pipelines to maintain healthy stormwater and sewage systems to ensure positive drainage and reduce the incidence of flooding during rain events. The new trucks will be replacing units 2228, 4835, and 4843 which have reached the end of their useful life and are no longer economical to maintain.

The turn-key maintenance contract will guarantee that the equipment purchased under this contract will be available for operation at least 95% of normal workdays. EPG will guarantee that the equipment purchased under this contract will not be out of service for more than five (5) consecutive normal workdays, in any 100 consecutive, normal workday period. EPG will provide a loaner unit should repair downtime be more than five (5) consecutive normal workdays. All costs associated with securing and delivering the loaner unit will be at EPG's expense, with no cost to the City. EPG will credit the City a daily amount of $75 for each normal workday required to provide 95% availability in the event a replacement unit is not available.

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 (101221-VTR) for Sewer Vacuums. It was competitively bid by Sourcewell and it expires on November 29, 2025. Delivery: As Requested. Terms: Net 30 days.

The vendor is:

C.C.          Vactor Manufacturing in C/o Environmental Products Group, Inc ( Atlanta, GA)^(D)              $1,617,600

A pre-proposal meeting was not conducted as this item is being procured through the use of a Sourcewell cooperative contract. (D) Indicates Non-Local Owned, Non-DBE Business. 

Approval