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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 21, 2008 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ -1 <br />_SUBJECT: Bid Award: Cat Condos, Cat Cages and Animal Runs for Animal Shelter <br />DEPARTMENT: Animal Services & Purchasing PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Tabulation <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, 245-2652 <br />Bob Marotto, 968-2287 <br />PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid to Snyder Manufacturing Company of New Sharon, <br />Iowa, and Shor-line/Schoer Manufacturing Company of Kansas City, Kansas for cat condos, cat <br />caging and animal runs to be used at the new Animal Services Facility. <br />BACKGROUND: Cat condos, cat caging and animal runs will be used for the containment <br />and/or presentation of cats and dogs in the County's new Animal Services Facility. The <br />selection is based upon industry standards and the design of the County's facility as discussed <br />by the design team, citizen advisors and staff. Included among the considerations of this <br />discussion are infectious disease control, staff safety and efficiency, and the presentation <br />animals in a setting that is genuinely attractive to the public. <br />The animal runs are primarily for dogs but may be used for assorted other animals. They are <br />required for the center trench drainage system used in nearly all of the canine holding areas in <br />the County's new facility. Stainless steel cages are used for the intake, examination and <br />holding of cats whereas the cat condos are used to present cats for adoption in a prominent <br />area of the facility adjacent to the lobby. Both cages and condos are required for rear <br />ventilation that minimizes cross-contamination with airborne diseases. <br />Specifications for this equipment were developed through Animal Arts Design Studios, Inc., of <br />Denver, Colorado, which specializes in shelter design and is a subcontractor to Dixon <br />Weinstein, the local design firm for the new Orange County Animal Services Facility. Bid <br />solicitation #272, which was advertised both in the newspaper and on the County's web site, <br />was sent to seven vendors, with three vendors responding. <br />The bid was divided into three sections: <br />1. High Pressure Laminate Cat Condos <br />2. Cat Stainless Steel Caging (both new and utilizing caging owned by the County) <br />3. Stainless Steel Animal Runs <br />