SUBJECT:
Title
Request Approval of Sole Source Declaration: 25SS-092 No Smoke Exhaust System - Beecher Emission Solution Technologies, LLC, Horseheads, NY (Budget Impact - Neutral; estimated annual expenditure of $119,952)
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Susan Olsen, Director |
Procurement Services |
DESCRIPTION/BACKGROUND:
On behalf of Marion County Fire Rescue (MCFR), Procurement requests a waiver of the formal bid process to declare Beecher Emission Solution Technologies, LLC a sole source provider and to purchase their Ward Diesel No Smoke Exhaust System. No Smoke is an apparatus-mounted, direct source capture system that works automatically to remove diesel exhaust from the fire stations and on-scene. Since it is apparatus mounted, No Smoke allows for any configuration of vehicle parking and gives you the ability to move vehicles to different stations as circumstances require. Diesel engine exhaust is carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Diesel engine exhaust causes cancer of the lung and has also been linked to cancer of the urinary bladder. No Smoke automatically provides complete protection from harmful diesel exhaust whenever you exit and re-enter the station. The Ward Diesel No Smoke Exhaust System will replace our current direct capture system, Plymovent. No Smoke will allow for cost savings as the current Plymovent system will require station installation and vehicle retrofits.
Attached for review is a draft Solicitation Waiver. Upon approval at today’s meeting, it will be sent to the Chairman for signature.
BUDGET/IMPACT:
Neutral; estimated annual expenditure of $119,952. Funding is from EF300522-546301 (Fire, Rescue and EMS Fund)
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
Motion to approve the request and declare Beecher Emission Solution Technologies, LLC the sole source provider for No Smoke Exhaust System under 25SS-092.
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