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Use of a Cooperative Contract for the Purchase of One Vactor Truck (Replacement) for the Fleet Services and Water Resources Department (Citywide)
The Fleet Services and Water Resources Departments are requesting the purchase of a vactor truck to replace an older one that has reached the end of its useful life. The recycler style recovers, filters and reuses water in the cleaning process. Traditional vactor trucks expend the water in the on-board tank which must be refilled frequently from a fire hydrant. Over the course of a year, a recycler vactor truck can save approximately 2.5 million gallons of water. The recycler truck also produces savings of 30% to 35% in fuel consumption and generates more hours per week of sewer cleaning making it far more productive that the traditional vactor truck.
The Fleet Services and Water Resources Departments and Procurement Services recommend authorizing the purchase using the Houston-Galveston Area Council (HGAC) cooperative contract with Kaiser ...
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