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-gym <br />- 1 <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT ITEM NO. ZX :A <br />MEETING DATE OCTOBER 7, 1991 <br />SUBJECT: BID AWARD: EQUIPMENT FOR FRAZIER ROAD SOLID WASTE COLLECTION CENTER <br />DEPARTMENT: PURCHASING AND CENTRAL SERVICES PUBLIC HEARING YES _X —NO <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: DAVID CANNELL <br />BID TABULATION EXT: 2651 <br />PHONE NUMBERS: HILLSBOROUGH 732 -8181 <br />HILLSBOROUGH 732 -9361 <br />CHAPEL HILL 967 -9251 <br />MEBANE 227 -2031 <br />DURHAM 688 -7331 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for equipment to be used at the <br />Frazier Road Solid Waste Collection Center. The equipment <br />necessary to operate the site will consist of one (1) three <br />yard compactor, two (2) 40 yard compactor containers and <br />three (3) 40 yard open top roll -off containers. <br />BACKGROUND: Funds were allotted in the 1991 -92 budget for the purchase of <br />equipment necessary for the County to open a pilot solid <br />waste collection center on Frazier Road. Visits were made by <br />County staff to facilities of similar scope in Lee County and <br />.Moore County. <br />Specifications were developed for equipment that would <br />meet Orange County's needs. The bid was advertised and sent <br />to seventeen prospective vendors. The bids were opened on <br />August 29, 1991 with six vendors responding. Attached is <br />a tabulation of the bid opening. <br />Waste Industries West, Inc. of Graham, N.C. submitted the <br />lowest responsible for the equipment at a cost delivered and <br />set up of $27,001.00. Waste Industries West, Inc. met or <br />exceeded all requirements listed in the bid package. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends awarding the bid to Waste Industries <br />West, Inc. at a cost of $27,001.00. <br />