Item 14 - Purchase Order for Utility Serivce Body Truck

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Public Works Agency www.santa-ana.org/pw Item # 14 City of Santa Ana 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 Staff Report April 1, 2025 TOPIC: Purchase One 2025 Ford F-600 Regular Cab Utility Service Body Truck AGENDA TITLE Purchase Order Contract to PB Loader Corporation for One 2025 Ford F-600 Regular Cab Utility Service Body Truck (Specification No. 25-031) (Non-General Fund) RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve a purchase order to PB Loader Corporation for one, new/unused 2025 Ford F- 600 Regular Cab Utility Service Body Truck, in an amount of $245,023, plus a contingency amount of $15,000, for a total amount not to exceed $260,023. GOVERNMENT CODE §84308 APPLIES: No DISCUSSION The Public Works Agency’s (PWA) Parks, Fleet, and Facilities Division is responsible for the acquisition, maintenance, repair, and replacement of vehicles, trucks, and maintenance equipment. The Fleet Services team maintains an equipment replacement schedule and works with departments to routinely replace vehicles that have surpassed their useful life cycle. The PWA Water Resources Division (Water Resources) manages and maintains the operations of Santa Ana’s water and sanitary sewer systems. Water Resources currently utilizes a 2014 F-550 for daily operations by the Sewer System Maintenance team. The existing vehicle, the 2014 F-550, was evaluated in accordance with the City’s Equipment Replacement Policy (Exhibit 1), which defines the review process when an equipment is no longer economically operated and maintained. Based on the equipment lifecycle guidelines, the existing vehicle has reached its useful lifecycle of 10 years. Water Resources is requesting to replace the vehicle with a new 2025 Ford F-600 which includes additional on-board equipment, including a larger-capacity air compressor for powering pneumatic tools used at jobsites such as jackhammers, tampers, and grinders, as well as an on-board electrical generator to power worksite lighting and charge batteries for power tools. These upgrades will reduce the need for a secondary vehicle and/or crew at a jobsite and is a more efficient method of maintaining the high- quality sewer services provided to Santa Ana residents and businesses.