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Public Works Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/public-works <br />Item # 16 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />February 7, 2023 <br />TOPIC: Purchase of Eight Chevrolet Colorado Trucks for Public Works <br />AGENDA TITLE <br />Award a Purchase Order in the Amount of $399,274 to National Auto Fleet Group for <br />Eight Chevrolet Colorado Trucks for the Public Works Maintenance Services, Building <br />Maintenance, CIP Engineering, and NPDES Divisions (Specification No. 22-135) (Non- <br />General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize a one-time purchase and payment of purchase order to National Auto Fleet <br />Group for the purchase of eight Chevrolet Colorado Trucks in the amount of $369,274, <br />plus a contingency of $30,000, for a total amount not to exceed $399,274, subject to <br />non-substantive changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Public Works Agency’s Fleet Services Division is responsible for the acquisition, <br />maintenance, repair, and replacement of vehicles, trucks, and maintenance equipment. <br />Within the Public Works Agency, the Maintenance Services Division, Building <br />Maintenance Division, CIP Engineering Division, and National Pollutant Discharge <br />Elimination System (NPDES), program staff is in need of replacing existing vehicles and <br />adding new vehicles to the city’s fleet. <br />One vehicle is for the Maintenance Services Division. The division is responsible for the <br />maintenance of approximately 400 miles of streets and 50,000 street trees. The vehicle <br />is to be utilized by staff to conduct daily operations including work site inspections and <br />transporting/hauling heavy debris and supplies. Furthermore, the vehicle will be crucial <br />and heavily used during emergency and rain/windstorm situations for staff to survey, <br />monitor, and assess conditions to deploy resources where most needed. <br />Two vehicles are for the Building Maintenance Division. The division is responsible for <br />the maintenance and repair of city facilities. In order to mobilize the Building <br />Maintenance team to these facilities to perform preventative maintenance, corrective <br />maintenance, and emergency repairs, the division is in need of additional vehicles. <br />Four vehicles are for the CIP Engineering Division, Construction Inspection team. The <br />Construction Inspectors provide citywide inspection for all capital projects within the