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ORANGE COUNTY 031 <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. n; <br /> MEETING DATE JUNE 17, 1986 <br /> SUBJECT: AWARD BID FOR 38 YARD PACKER UNIT <br /> *********************************************************************** <br /> DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING & CENTRAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEARING YES _X NO <br /> ************************************************************************** <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: PAM JONES <br /> Bid Tabulation EXT 497 <br /> PHONE NUMBERS: HILLSBOROUGH 732-8181 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH 732-9361 <br /> CHAPEL HILL 967-9251 <br /> MEBANE 227-2031 <br /> DURHAM 688-7331 <br /> ************************************************************************** <br /> PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid to Carolina Waste Systems for a <br /> 38 yard LoDal packer unit. <br /> NEED: At the request of the Public Works Director, the packer unit <br /> was bid. Eight vendors were solicited with three <br /> responding. A tabulation of these is attached. <br /> According to General Statutes this purchase requires Board <br /> of Commissioner approval. <br /> The packer intended for replacement is a 36 yard Dempsey <br /> Dumpster which is 11 years old and has already been <br /> refurbished once approximately five years ago. This unit is <br /> currentlyin total disrepair and is in need of immediate <br /> replacement. <br /> It is planned that the new packer body purchased from this <br /> bid will be placed on a 1981 White truck, which had a major <br /> overhaul in 1985 and continues to be extremely serviceable <br /> with only normal maintenance. Since normal packer life is <br /> approximately five to seven years, the truck and the packer <br /> life expectancy will coincide. <br /> IMPACT: The budgetary impact will be $32,675 for the new packer <br /> unit. The County purchased a complete new sanitation unit <br /> in 1984 for $77,981; $26,564 represented the cost of the <br /> packer. Since the bid to LoDal ($32,675) includes packer <br /> and installation on our existing cab & chassis, the <br /> monetary outlay is somewhat minimized. Outlay is further <br /> reduced when purchase cost of a new unit is set against cost <br /> of repairs to the current packer unit and the down-time its <br /> continued operation in the County would produce. <br /> RECOMMENDATION: Award bid for one (1) 38 yard packer unit at $32,675 <br /> net cost (includes $1000 trade in) to Carolina Waste <br /> Systems, Hamlet, North Carolina. <br />