REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: GREGORY A. BARFIELD, Assistant City Manager/Interim Director
Department of Transportation
BY: JOE VARGAS, Assistant Director
Department of Transportation
RODOLFO CASTRO, Fleet Manager
Department of Transportation/FAX Maintenance
SUBJECT
Title
Approve the cooperative purchase of fourteen (14) medium-accessible paratransit cutaway unleaded vehicles from Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for the Department of Transportation/FAX, in the amount of $1,768,955.35
Body
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends Council approve the cooperative purchase of fourteen (14) medium-accessible paratransit cutaway unleaded vehicles from Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for the Department of Transportation/FAX, with a purchase price of $1,632,630.68 plus taxes (8.25%) and fees totaling $1,768,955.35.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Department of Transportation/FAX seeks to purchase fourteen (14) 22' All Star 12-passenger/two wheelchair E-450 paratransit buses to be used to provide Handy Ride service. The new vehicles will replace existing vehicles that have exceeded their useful life, which will help to improve quality and reliability of the paratransit service. The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) cooperative purchase contract with Creative Bus Sales, Inc. is available to the City of Fresno to purchase the necessary paratransit buses. FAX staff has conducted an evaluation of this cooperative purchase agreement and has determined that it meets both City and Federal purchasing requirements at a competitive cost for the City.
BACKGROUND
The FAX Handy Ride paratransit service provides over 134,000 annual trips to disabled and senior citizens within the Fresno area. Handy Ride currently operates forty-eight (48) vehicles during peak service hours. Funding for paratransit bus procurement becomes available periodically from various sources including federal allocations from the 5310 and 5339 programs, and California State Proposition 1B...
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