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<br />1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date:May 19, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No.6-f <br />SUBJECT: <br /> Bid Award –Front-End Loader Truck for Solid Waste <br />DEPARTMENT:Solid Waste ManagementPUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No <br />Financial Services <br />ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pricing/Warranty Memorandum <br />Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste, 968-2885 <br />Paul Laughton, 245-2152 <br />PURPOSE: <br />Toconsiderawarding a bidtoCarolina Environmental Systems, Inc. (CES)for <br />a Front End Loader TruckfortheSanitationDivisionoftheSolidWasteManagement <br />Department. <br />BACKGROUND: <br />NorthCarolinaGeneralStatute(NCGS)143-129(e)(3)allowslocalgovernmentstomake <br />purchasesthrough a competitivebiddinggrouppurchasingprogram,whichis a formally <br />organizedprogramthatofferscompetitivelyobtainedpurchasing services atdiscount <br />pricestotwoormorepublicagencies. TheNational Joint Powers Alliance(NJPA) is a <br />cooperativepurchasinggroupthatmeetstherequirementsofNCGS143-129(e)(3). <br />The specific contractnumberisNJPAContract # 060612-ESG. Thetermsofthe <br />contractcallforitemstobesoldand serviced through a localdealerbid. Carolina <br />EnvironmentalSystemshasbeenidentifiedasthelocaldealer(See attached <br />Pricing/Warranty Memorandum). <br />Staffcompiled a listofspecificationsthatmeettheCounty'sneedsandcomparedthese <br />specificationstoinformationon the unitsbidbytheNJPA.Therewerenonoted <br />deficienciesandstaffdeterminedthat all specifications met the County'sneeds. The <br />recommendedunit consists of a 2016 Peterbilt CabandChassisand a Heil <br />bodyat a totalcostof$275,850.92. The Pricing/Warranty Memorandumis <br />attached. <br /> <br />