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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 3, 2005 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _y <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award: Wheel Loader for Landfill <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing & Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Management <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a contract for the purchase of a Wheel Loader for the <br />Landfill from Gregory Poole of Raleigh, North Carolina. <br />BACKGROUND: A wheel loader was Included in the 2005-2006 Solid Waste budget. This <br />piece of equipment has a bucket on the front and is used in multiple applications around the <br />Landfill. Among these applications are: <br />• Loading mulch into citizen's/contractor's trucks <br />• Unloading large bulky items <br />• Loading gravel, etc on County trucks during the normal operation of the Landfill <br />• Push up Yard Waste when unloaded <br />• Push up Boiler Fuel into piles when unloaded and load into Trailers when ground <br />• Push up tires attire pile <br />• Push up Clean Metal and help load trailers with metal <br />• Push up White Goods <br />Orange County staff developed specifications. These specificaticns were part of bid solicitation <br />#261 that was sent to ten vendors as well as advertised an the County's website and the Herald <br />Sun Newspaper. Six firms submitted bids with Gregory Poole of Raleigh, North Carolina <br />submitting the lowest responsible bid that was responsive at a bid at a delivered cost of <br />$105,100. This price also includes a 60-month warranty on the power train as well as the <br />hydraulic cylinders. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The purchase price of the wheel loader is $105,100. Sufficient funds <br />were allocated within the FY 2005-2006 Solid Waste budget to purchase the piece of <br />equipment outright. <br />