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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, February 11, 2019 Page 7 Assistant Chief Brosnahan stated for significant calls, the third apparatus will roll out and in situations where one of the two apparatuses are inoperable, it will move into a backup position. Councilmember Etten asked how often that happens. Assistant Chief Brosnahan thought it happened at least quarterly if not more of- ten. Battalion Chief Sjostrom stated a scenario would be when a vehicle is getting rou- tine maintenance or a delayed maintenance that needs to be done and takes sever- al days. Assistant Chief Brosnahan continued with the presentation regarding the HGAC process. Councilmember Willmus asked if there was a possibility for the Council to get more information on the low bid process versus going the route the City went the last time. He stated eventually a determination will need to be done but prelimi- narily, he would be interested in seeing where the City would be at being low bid, especially with looking at two vehicles. Chief O'Neill stated this could be done but is a lot more time consuming. Current- ly, a generic spec has not been built and time is one of the things that needs to be considered as far as it is taking fourteen months for the engine to be ordered and delivered and eighteen months for a ladder truck to be ordered and delivered. He stated it is the time aspect that would be sacrificed in this situation. He noted a generic bid would need to be written up with a bidding process that is fairly lengthy. Chief O'Neill stated another reason why the Fire Department switched to HGAC a few years back is the Fire Department found a few problems with the low bid process. One issue was a generic bid had to be developed so it was not specific to any one manufacture that most vendors would choose not to bid on it. The other issue that happens on occasion is because a generic bid is created, there may be a company that wins the low bid that normally does not build fire trucks. He stated this has been seen elsewhere with not a great outcome. He noted another big part of this is the great working relationship that has been made with Rosenbauer and being comfortable with their warranty program and the speed in which the trucks are repaired. Councilmember Willmus asked if this was something the City could go through and use the best value process for.