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i <br />THE PROPER COVERAGE, HE FELT IN ORDER TO BE GUARANTEED COVERAGE OF A <br />CERTAIN AREA, THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE TO -LET THE VENDOR TELL THEM WHAT TO <br />SPECIFY, <br />MR. MCKENNA STATED THAT THEY JUST SPECIFIED THAT THE DUPLEXER <br />AND ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT MUST BE ADEQUATE TO MEET THE 98% COVERAGE REQUIRE- <br />MENT, <br />MR. STAGGS OF AUDIOHOUSE TOOK EXCEPTION TO THE COMMENT THAT THEIR <br />EQUIPMENT IS NOT 100% SOLID STATE, NOTING THAT THEY HAD QUOTED AN ALTERNATE <br />WHICH WAS. HE ALSO CHALLENGED THE STATEMENT THAT THEIR MOBILE UNITS ARE <br />NOT "EQUAL" IN PERFORMANCE TO THE THREE ACCEPTABLE RADIOS LISTED IN THE <br />SPECIFICATIONS AND COMPLAINED THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS WERE VERY AMBIGUOUS. <br />MR, McKENNA STATED THAT IN WRITING THE SPECIFICATIONS THEY USED <br />A SYSTEM PRACTISED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, WHICH DOES NOT <br />DETAIL EVERYTHING BUT SETS A LEVEL OF QUALITY, <br />MR. HUBER OF RCA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HIS COMPANY QUOTED A <br />SYSTEM THEY FEEL WILL WORK, AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK, AGREED THAT THE COUNTY <br />SHOULDN'T PAY FOR IT. HE POINTED OUT THAT RCA IS A BIG ENOUGH COMPANY <br />TO BACK UP THEIR INSTALLATION. <br />MR, STAGGS OF AUDIOHOUSE DISCUSSED MAINTENANCE AND UPKEEP OF THE <br />RADIO SYSTEM, AND CLAIMED THAT RCA HAS ONLY ONE TECHNICIAN AVAILABLE WHO <br />HAS TO COME FROM QUITE A DISTANCE, <br />MR. HUBER INFORMED THE BOARD THAT RCA HAS A MANUFACTURER'S REP- <br />RESENTATIVE IN WHITE CITY, JUST ,SOUTH OF FORT"PIERCE, WHO HAS BEEN THERE <br />MANY YEARS AND WHO HAS MORE THAN ONE TECHNICIAN, THIS MAN PROVIDES SERVICE <br />TO THE MARTIN COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, <br />MR. MCKENNA READ FROM THE AUDIOHOUSE BID WHICH TAKES EXCEPTION <br />TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL•EQUIPMENT MUST BE 100% SOLID STATE, <br />ADMINISTRATOR JENNINGS NOTED THAT EVALUATING A BID OF THIS TYPE <br />IS COMPLICATED AND MANY MINOR DETAILS ARISE. HE POINTED OUT THAT THE <br />COMPANIES REPRESENTED DID NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO SUBMITTING THE <br />BIDS AND STATED THAT THERE IS NOT TIME TO CANCEL THESE BIDS AND GO THROUGH <br />THIS PROCEDURE AGAIN, AND HE HOPED THE BOARD WOULD NOT CONSIDER DOING SO. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT AS TECHNICAL A SUBJECT AS THIS IS, YOU WILL NEVER GET <br />EVERYONE TO AGREE AND STATED HE FELT HIS STAFF HAS DONE A GOOD JOB IN <br />r <br />- MAKING THE EVALUATION AND WOULD LIKE THE BOARD TO MAKE A DECISION, <br />J <br />17 <br />JUL 2 01977 BOOK 30 Pact 244 <br />