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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: September 21, 2004 <br />Action AgenJ`d, a <br />Item No. <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award: Skid Steer Loader for Orange County Recycling <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing/Solid Waste <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Bid Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for a Skid Steer Loader from Triangle Equipment of <br />Raleigh, North Carolina for Orange County Recycling. <br />BACKGROUND: In 1997, the Solid Waste Department began processing recyclable material <br />at its processing facility at the Orange County Landfill, As part of the operation, a skid steer <br />loader was purchased to help sort and move the processed material. This process includes <br />moving the baled material and other needs to prepare the materials for market. <br />The machine for which bids have been solicited will replace the original skid steer. The original <br />skid steer will be used as a backup at the processing pad handling the recyclable materials and <br />will also be used as needed to process and move recycled electronic material for market. <br />Purchase of this item was anticipated and budgeted for FY 2004-05, <br />Bid specifications were developed and advertised on the Purchasing Department's website. <br />Bids were solicited from ten vendors, Triangle Equipment of Raleigh, North Carolina <br />submitted the lowest responsible bid of the three submittals received at a delivered cost of <br />$22,162,00, <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Total cost of this action, if approved by the Board, would be $22,162,00,. <br />Sufficient funds to cover this purchase have been appropriated in the 2004-05 Solid <br />Waste/Landfill Operations budget, <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board award a bid for a Bobcat <br />S220 to Triangle Equipment of Raleigh, North Carolina in the amount of $22,162.00; and <br />authorize the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork, <br />