Nashua Fire Rescue George A. Walker
Administrative Office Assistant Chiet
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70 East Hollis Street, Nashua. NH 03060 FAX (603) 894-3654
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To: Chief Brian D. Rhodes
Board of Fire Commissioners
From: Assistant Chief George A. Walker
Re: Request for Purchase of Fire Alarm Bucket Truck
Value: $133,564
Date: October 1, 2019
I would like to move forward with the purchase of a replacement Fire Alarm Bucket. The current Fire
Alarm Bucket Truck is a 2003 International 7400. This vehicle was scheduled to be replaced in 2018
and the funding was approved as part of the CERF scheduled replacement. This vehicle replacement was
part of the overall plan of accepting a grant of $650,000 for a new Specials Hazard Vehicle and to
remove three vehicles from the city’s vehicle assets.
The Special Hazards vehicle has replaced the following vehicles:
1) Air Supply, a 2000 International 4900
2) Hazardous Materials I-(H1), a 2001 International 4900
3) Hazardous Materials [1-(H2), a 2004 International 7400
Hazardous Materials I]-(H2), will be repurposed and the cab and chassis will be used for the base of the
Bucket Truck and a new boom (bucket) will be fitted to this cab and chassis. This will reduce the
vehicles overall cost significantly.
The replacement bucket will be purchased under Versalift Sourcewell contract #012418-TIM from
Custom Truck One Source. The cost of installing the new lift on the cab and chassis and all lighting and
equipment will be $133,564.00, which includes a $13,000 trade in for the current Fire Alarm Bucket
Truck. There is currently $159,875.00 available in the CERF account for this vehicle, leaving
$26,311.00 available in surplus funds.
I recommend awarding the purchase contract in the amount of $133,564.00 to Custom Truck One
Source of Hookset, NH 03106.
Respectinlly,
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George A.“Walker
