The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is seeking to procure one (1) Plug-In Hybrid Sport Utility Vehicle. The vehicle should be a current model year, American manufactured, compact sport utility vehicle with a gasoline feed 4-cylinder engine and Hybrid plug-in. The vehicle should be delivered washed, serviced, and inspected with all window stickers removed. The successful bidder will be required to provide a warranty of at least five (5) years or 60,000 miles for the powertrain and three (3) years or 36,000 miles for the bumper to bumper. The Hybrid battery warranty should be a minimum of eight (8) years.
• The vehicle should have a wheelbase of at least 105 inches and a minimum of 190 horsepower.
• The vehicle should have a 2.5-liter naturally aspirated 4-cylinder gas engine with a 1.1 kwh electric motor.
• The vehicle should have an electronic continuously variable automatic transmission (CVT).
• The vehicle should have a fuel tank capacity of approximately 15 gallons.
• The vehicle should have a minimum of 150 ampere rated capacity alternator with regulator and built-in silicone rectifier.
• The vehicle should have a heavy-duty maintenance-free battery with a minimum of 700 CCA and 1.1 kilowatt-hour Hybrid battery pack.
• The vehicle should have a five (5) capacity seating, front headroom of at least 39 inches, and cargo volume behind the second row of at least 30 cu ft.
• The vehicle should have a welded construction body, waterproof throughout, and all glass should be shatterproof.
• The vehicle should have four (4) passenger doors, cloth interior, and all windows should be tinted glass.
• The vehicle should have a standard radio noise suppression system.
• The vehicle should have an instrument panel with speedometer, odometer, charge indicator gauge, oil pressure gauge, water temperature gauge, engine hour meter, and fuel gauge.
• The vehicle should have a front seat with (40/40) cloth bucket type and individually adjustable.
• The vehicle should have four (4) complete sets of keys and fobs per vehicle, with the ignition key fitting all locks.
• The vehicle should have a blue exterior color and medium/dark grey interior color.
• The vendor should provide at no cost to the City of Detroit, Hybrid vehicle components and operation, two (2) day hand-on training on site for up to 20 technicians.
• The vendor should provide two (2) complete sets of replacement filters per vehicle upon delivery to the City of Detroit.
• The vendor should arrange for representatives of the Water and Sewerage Department to factory inspect equipment prior to delivery to ensure that all specified features are furnished with the equipment supplied.
• The delivery date must be supplied, and delivery shall be made to the City of Detroit, Water and Sewerage Department, Fleet Maintenance Division, 6425 Huber, Detroit, MI 48211.