Collection Vehicle Requirements. In accordance with the City’s Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, the City recognizes the importance of reducing reliance on vehicles that run on carbon-emitting fuels such as gasoline and natural gas, both in the public and private spheres. Collection operations shall, to the maximum extent feasible, maintain, plan for, and upon City direction implement a low-carbon or no-carbon footprint through transition of the vehicle fleet used to provide Collection services under this Agreement to reliance on SB 1383 qualified Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) and/or electricity. Contractor shall annually inform City on the status of this transition as provided in Exhibit D. As of the Effective Date, all Collection vehicles shall operate on compressed natural gas (CNG). The Contractor and City shall evaluate on an annual basis the feasibility of expanding the use of added or different Clean Alternative Fuel Vehicles including electric vehicles for regular on-Route or off-Route operations. The annual evaluation shall include review of the technical options, cost, documentation of savings in maintenance costs, and timing for expanding Contractor’s use of electric vehicles for light-duty and medium-duty applications to include heavy-duty Collection vehicles. {Proposers: Final language will be revised as necessary to reflect the selected contractor’s approach to EV’s.} Contractor shall provide a fleet of Collection vehicles sufficient in number and capacity to efficiently perform the work required by the Agreement in strict accordance with its terms. Contractor shall have available sufficient back-up vehicles for each type of Collection vehicle used to respond to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, service requests, Complaints, and emergencies. All such vehicles shall have watertight bodies designed to prevent leakage, spillage, or overflow. All such vehicles shall meet On-Road Heavy Duty Vehicle emissions requirements for model year 2019, regardless of the actual model year of Contractor’s vehicles, and generally comply with all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. Contractor’s vehicles shall utilize Recycled motor oil to the extent practicable. Upon City approval, Collection vehicles shall have the capability of carrying and safely Transporting empty and full Used Oil Recovery Kits, as well as the capacity to Collect and Transport loose Cardboard overages, to ensure that Contractor is capable of complying with Exhibit B. Vehicles used in the Collection of Soli...
Collection Vehicle Requirements. 1568 A. Vehicle Requirements. Contractor shall provide a fleet of Collection vehicles sufficient in number 1569 and capacity to efficiently perform the work required by the Agreement in strict accordance with 1570 its terms. Contractor shall have available sufficient back-up vehicles for each type of Collection 1571 vehicle used to respond to scheduled and unscheduled maintenance, service requests, Complaints, 1572 and emergencies. 1573 1. All such vehicles shall have watertight bodies designed to prevent leakage, spillage, or 1574 overflow. All such vehicles shall meet the Best Available Control Technology (BACT) for the 1575 year in which such vehicle is purchased (e.g., vehicles purchased in 2024 must meet BACT for 1576 year 2024) and generally comply with all Federal, State, and local laws and regulations. 1577 Contractor’s vehicles shall utilize Recycled motor oil to the extent practicable. 1578 2. All Collection vehicles used by Contractor under this Agreement shall be powered by 1579 Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) generated by the {insert name of publicly-owned treatment 1580 works in-vessel digestion facility}, and shall purchase RNG Certificates from . 1581 Contractor vehicles may additionally be powered by RNG that is purchased through a 1582 wheeling agreement with a party(ies), provided that the wheeling agreement is for purchase 1583 of gas derived from Organic Waste that has been Diverted from a landfill and Processed at an 1584 in-vessel digestion facility that is permitted or otherwise authorized by 14 CCR to Recycle 1585 Organic Waste and meets SB 1383 requirements. Contractor shall comply with this 1586 requirement no later than {insert date}. Upon City’s request, Contractor shall obtain and 1587 provide the City with a written certification by an authorized representative of the publicly- 1588 owned treatment works or the wheeling agreement service provider certifying that the in- 1589 vessel digestion facility produces the RNG consistent with the requirements of 14 CCR Section 1590 18993.1(h). Contractor shall maintain records of the amount of RNG purchased and shall 1591 report this information in accordance with Exhibit D. Contractor shall agree to the City the 1592 right to report this RNG usage toward the City’s fulfilment of its annual recovered Organic 1593 Waste product procurement target in accordance with 14 CCR Section 18993.1. Collection 1594 vehicles shall have the capability of carrying and safely Transporting empty and full u...
Collection Vehicle Requirements
