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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 29, 2000 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award--Leachate Collection Piping <br />DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />Landfill <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Bid Tabulation Gayle Wilson, 968-2885 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham fi88-7331 <br />Mebane 33fi-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for Leachate Collection Piping. <br />BACKGROUND: Construction of Phase 4 of the Orange County Regional Landfill requires the <br />installation of Leachate Collection Piping. The Leachate Collection Piping will be installed by <br />Landfill Staff after the liner is in place. The pipe will carry the leachate from the new section of <br />the Landfill to a holding tank where it will subsequently be hauled to OWASA. <br />Phase 4 will require 3,200 feet of piping with assorted fittings. Specifications were developed <br />and bids were sought from four vendors. Four responsive bidders responded to the June 13 <br />bid call. A tabulation is attached. US Filter/Fife Pipe Company of Columbia, South Carolina <br />submitted the lowest responsible bid that was responsive in the amount of $2G,241.33. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Total cost of this action, if approved by the Board, would be $26,241.33. <br />Sufficient funds are allocated in the Solid Waste/Landfill Operations fund. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board award the bid to US <br />Filter/Fife Pipe Company of Columbia, South Carolina, subject to final review by staff and the <br />County Attorney, in the amount of $26,241.33; and authorize the Purchasing Director to <br />execute the necessary paperwork. <br />