Item 5- RCA: Crane and Heavy Equipment Training — original pdf

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Posting Language ..Title Authorize a contract for crane and heavy equipment operations training for Austin Energy with Crane Tech, LLC, for an initial term of one year with up to two one-year extension options in an amount not to exceed $375,000. Funding: $100,000 is available in the Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. ..Body Lead Department Austin Financial Services. Client Department(s) Austin Energy. Fiscal Note Funding in the amount of $100,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Operating Budget of Austin Energy. Funding for the remaining contract term is contingent upon available funding in future budgets. Procurement Language: Austin Financial Services issued a Request for Proposals solicitation RFP 1100 DCM3040 for these services. The solicitation was published on June 23, 2025, and closed on August 7, 2025. Of the six of offers received, the proposal submitted by the recommended contractor represented the best value to the City based on the solicitation’s evaluation criteria. A complete solicitation package, including a log of offers received, is available for viewing on the City’s website. This information can currently be found at https://financeonline.austintexas.gov/afo/account_services/solicitation/solicitation_details.cfm?sid=142840 . MBE/WBE: This contract will be awarded in compliance with City Code Chapter 2-9B (Minority-Owned and Women- Owned Business Enterprise Procurement Program). For the service required for this solicitation, there was no subcontracting opportunity; therefore, no subcontracting goals were established. For More Information: Direct questions regarding this Recommendation for Council Action to the Austin Financial Services - Central Procurement at FSDCentralProcurementRCAs@austintexas.gov or 512-974-2500. Respondents to the solicitation and their Agents should direct all questions to the Authorized Contact Person identified in the solicitation. Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action: February 9, 2026 - To be reviewed by the Electric Utility Commission. Additional Backup Information: This contract is to establish and implement a crane and heavy equipment operations training program for Austin Energy, including training designed to prepare participants for certification from the National Commission of the Certification of Crane Operators (NCCCO). Services include experienced instructors to train employees in the operation of mobile cranes, gantry cranes, boom trucks, bucket trucks, digger derricks, skid steers, and other earth-moving equipment as well as providing NCCCO mobile crane certification preparatory classes and testing proctoring. This is a new contract. An evaluation team with expertise in this area evaluated the offers and scored Crane Item 5Tech, LLC as the best to provide these services based on project concept and strategy, company qualifications and experience, local preference, small business preference, and price. If this contract is not approved Austin Energy employees would not receive the regulatory training required to safely perform their job functions and the City may not meet Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements. Contract Details: Contract Term Initial Term Optional Extension 1 Optional Extension 2 Total Length of Term 1 year 1 year 1 year 3 years Contract Authorization $100,000 $140,000 $135,000 $375,000 Note: Contract Authorization amounts are based on the City’s estimated annual usage.