Heavy Equipment & Tool Rentals and Related Services (AXIA)

The City of Tucson, in collaboration with Axia Cooperative, is soliciting proposals from qualified and experienced vendors to provide Heavy Equipment & Tool Rentals and Related Services, for both short and long term rental periods. Products made available through the resulting agreement(s) are meant for use by licensed and experienced professionals in various construction, utility, public works and other projects. Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly rental options are required. Equipment may be rented on an as-needed basis, with no minimums guaranteed.

COOPERATIVE PURCHASING & AXIA COOPERATIVE

Axia Coop LLC (“Axia Cooperative” or “Axia”) is a national public sector cooperative purchasing organization. Axia works with respected leaders from the public procurement community to offer a growing portfolio of master agreements that leverage national volume to deliver savings, efficiency, and innovation for non-federal public sector agencies. Each agreement is publicly solicited by a lead agency utilizing the strictest of procurement standards. The resulting awards address the dynamic needs of today’s evolving market while providing both value and cutting-edge solutions. For more information about the contracting process, please visit axiacoop.org/contracting-process.

The City of Tucson has entered into an agreement with Axia Cooperative to facilitate the Request For Proposals (RFP) and act as the primary contracting authority for the term of the resulting contract(s). Resulting contract(s) is/are made available to other public agencies nationally for “piggybacking” through the Axia Cooperative purchasing program and authorized by various joint powers authority statutes, rules and regulations within each state and local jurisdiction.

While Axia Cooperative makes no guarantees as to exact quantities and/or purchase volume made by Participating Agencies, the estimated annual volume for purchases made nationwide through this contract category is $50,000,000. Please see Attachment J for more information regarding the Axia Cooperative purchasing program.