| | | | | | | | Action Item - 18.
Title: Authorization of School Bus Purchases from Various Vendors ($7,036,000)
Board of Education Meeting Date: 12/15/2022
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| | | | | | | | Action under consideration
| | The Administration recommends that the Board of Education authorize The School District of Philadelphia, through the Superintendent or his designee, to execute and perform an amendment of a contract, subject to funding, as follows:
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Rohrer Bus, Inc. (Thomas Built Buses, Inc.)
Wolfington Body Company, Inc. (IC Bus, Inc.)
Brightbill Transportation, Inc. (Blue Bird Corporation)
The Lion Electric Company
| | | Purpose:
To purchase electric and other alternative fuel school buses
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| | | | | | | | | | Original Start Date: 3/26/2021
| | | Current End Date: 12/31/2023
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| | | | | | | | | | Amended End Date: 6/30/2024
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| | | | | | | | | | Currently Authorized Compensation: $11,500,000
| | | Additional Compensation:
All vendors will be paid from the additional aggregate compensation not to exceed $7,036,000, and new total compensation of $18,536,000.
| | | Total New Compensation: $18,536,000
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| | | | | | | | | | Location:
Broad Street Garage
Passyunk Garage
Shallcross Garage
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| | | | | | | | | | Description:
The Department of Transportation Services is seeking authorization to use previously allocated Capital funds and approved grant funds to purchase school buses from Rohrer Bus, Inc., Wolfington Body Company, Brightbill Transportation, Inc., and the Lion Electric Company. These vendors are registered with COSTARS, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's cooperative purchasing program. Transportation Services continues to select old diesel school buses targeted for replacement due to age, reliability, and maintenance costs, and replace them with alternative energy vehicles. Alternative energy school buses provide cleaner, healthier air to our students and communities. The success of the authorization is measured by the ability of Transportation Services to continue to fulfill the District's mission of providing safe and efficient transportation. This authorization directly supports the Board of Education's Guardrail 1: Welcoming and Supportive Schools. Every school will be a safe, welcoming, and healthy place where our students, staff, and community want to be and learn each day.
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| | | | | | | | | | Related resolution(s)/approval(s):
March 25, 2021; No.28
April 21, 2022; No. 24
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| | | | | | | | | | Funding Source(s):
Capital Funds 2023
Grant Funds 2023
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| | | | | | | | | | Office Originating Request: Operations - Transportation
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