To:
From:
Re:
E. Motion:
City of Nashua, Public Works Division
Board of Public Works Meeting Date: November 18, 2021
Jon Ibarra, Superintendent
Street Department
Purchase of 1 Trackless MT7 Articulated Tractor and Attachments
To approve the purchase of 1 Trackless MT7 Articulated Tractors from H.P.
Fairfield, Hopkinton, NH for a price of $166,528 pursuant to the HGAC contract
number GRO1-20 and the purchase and installation of radio system from Motorola
Solutions Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $5,000. Funding will be through
Department: 161 Street; Fund: Trust; Activity: CERF.
Attachments: Quote from H.-P. Fairfield Bid and Repair Histories.
Discussion:
The City of Nashua uses articulated tractors for use in winter sidewalk
maintenance and street maintenance. The quote includes accessories that are
required to perform sidewalk and road maintenance such as snow blowers,
spreaders, plows, a deep reduction gear box for use with an asphalt cold planer
and a water tank to keep dust down when milling or sweeping.
This purchase standardizes the fleet of sidewalk tractors allowing the interchange
of attachments allowing any machine to mill or sweep.
The new MT7 Trackless Tractor will be replacing #16-060 with 3200 hours. This
machine and blower attachments are showing signs of fatigue, breakdowns and
repairs are frequent due to the demands of snow and ice removal. These machines
will be kept and used in a back-up capacity.
