Recommend approval to procure two street sweepers in the amount of $399,566.00 from Environmental Products of Florida.

Pricing for this truck was obtained using the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) cooperative purchasing agreement, a purchasing cooperative of which the City has been a member since 2009. Cooperative purchasing is authorized as an appropriate procurement method in Division 10, Section 4-4152 of the City of Savannah’s purchasing ordinance. Under the NJPA contract, Elgin Sweeper Company is the contracted vendor for this equipment, and has authorized dealers to provide this type of specialty equipment to meet the needs of member agencies at a rate less than fair market value.

The sweepers will replace units that have reached the end of their useful life and are no longer cost effective to maintain. The Street Cleaning Department will use the sweepers to provide weekly, biweekly, monthly, and quarterly sweeping of street curbs throughout the city.

Procurement of the unit was initially advertised as a formal bidding opportunity by the City; however, when the bids were received, the apparent low bidder did not meet specifications. As such, it was determined that purchasing this equipment through the NJPA would be best way to ensure that staff procured the correct equipment in an expeditious manner at the lowest price.

Approval