R27-4-2. Fleet Standards

  (1) Prior to the purchase of replacement and legislatively approved expansion vehicles for each fiscal year, the division's staff shall, on the basis of input from user agencies, recommend to DFO:

  (a) a Standard State Fleet Vehicle (SSFV); and

  (b) a standard vehicle and the features and miscellaneous equipment to be included in said vehicle for each vehicle class in the fleet.

  (2) The division shall, after reviewing the recommendations made by the the division's staff, determine and establish, for each fiscal year:

  (a) an SSFV; and

  (b) a standard replacement vehicle, along with included features and miscellaneous equipment for each vehicle class in the fleet.

  (3) The division shall establish lease rates designed to recover, in addition to overhead and variable costs, the capital cost associated with acquiring a standard replacement vehicle for each vehicle class in the fleet.

  (4) The division shall establish replacement cycles according to vehicle type and expected use. The replacement cycle that applies to a particular vehicle supposes that the vehicle will be in service for a specified period of time and will be driven an optimum number of miles within that time. Whichever of the time or mileage criterion is reached first shall result in the vehicle's replacement.