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- -~ 1 <br />;.~ <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM N0. ~L <br />MEETING DATE OCTOBER 17, 1989 <br />SUBJt~CT: BID A~~VARD; MICROCOMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND CENTRAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEARING YES X NO <br />**~*~*~****************s~c***x*****~*~************s***********~****s********** <br />HTTACHMENT;S): <br />BID TAB:JLATTOt~ <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES <br />EXT: 49$ <br />PHONE 'NUMBERS: HILLSBOROUGH 732-8181 <br />HILLSBOROUGH 732-9361 <br />CHAPEL HILL 967-9251 <br />MEHANE 227-2031 <br />DURHAM 6$8-7331 <br />j °URPOSE: Ta consider awarding a bid for computer equipment included in the <br />;: i9ay-9u budget_ <br />HACKGROUND:Orange County is continuing its policy of utilizing micro-computers <br />rather t:.an relying solely on the. County's mainframe system. This <br />policy was implemented in 1987 to provide alternative sources for <br />certain applications, primarily word processing, thereby allowing <br />better utilization of memory on the mainframe system. It is <br />anticipated that the County will purchase eleven (11) units this <br />year, bringing the total number of PC's awned by the County to <br />approximately sixty (60). <br />Bids were solicited and seven responsible vendors submitted bids. <br />A tabulation of the bid is attached. A thorough review of the bids <br />was done in conjunction with Data Processing. The lowest bid <br />subcriitted is in compliance with specifications and an acceptable <br />unit for the County's use. This unit comes with a two year parts <br />and labor warranty. <br />Bids were also received for printers but due to a wide variance in <br />the bid results all bids for the printers are being rejected. Bids <br />will be re-solicited for the printers in the near future. <br />RECOMMENDATION: To award the bid far computer equipment as follows: <br />All hardware awarded to Computer Directions for unit costs as <br />quoted on the attached tabulation (excluding printers) <br />All software awarded to the respective low bidders as quoted on the <br />attached tabulation. <br />