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Amending Chapter 17-100 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled Procurement Contracts, by providing for the City's reimbursement of a vendor's cost to retrofit vehicles to comply with City bid specifications mandating reduced diesel emissions, under certain terms and conditions.
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THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA HEREBY ORDAINS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 17-100 of The Philadelphia Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 17-100. PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.
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§17-112. Reimbursement of Diesel Emission Reduction Expenses.
- If any City bid specification requires a vendor to use only vehicles designed or retrofitted to reduce diesel emissions, then any contract resulting from such bid shall contain a provision under which the City pays the vendor for the cost of retrofitting those vehicles used to provide services under the contract. The Procurement Department shall determine a standard reimbursement rate for each type of vehicle, and may specify the documents a vendor must submit to prove that a retrofit was completed. A vendor shall be eligible for such reimbursement regardless of when a vehicle was retrofitted, even if the retrofit was completed before the City bid was issued, provided that no vendor shall receive reimbursement for retrofitting any particular vehicle more than once.
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