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y <br />m <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED IF THERE IS ANY PROBLEM ABOUT GUARANTEE <br />ING 98% COVERAGE, A SHORT TERM CONTRACT COULD BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE <br />SUCCESSFUL BIDDER, <br />MR, HUBER OF RCA POINTED OUT THAT THIS REQUIREMENT IS ALREADY <br />IN THE BID, AND THEY ARE COMMITTED TO IT, <br />CHAIRMAN "'l'ODTKE INFORMED THOSE PRESENT THAT BECAUSE OF THE <br />PRESSING NEED FOR THIS EQUIPMENT, WE CANNOT REBID, BUT MUST MAKE A DECISION <br />TODAY, <br />MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER Loy, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER <br />SIEBERT; TO ACCEPT THE BID OF RCA CORPORATION FOR THE NEW RADIO SYSTEV., <br />AS BEING THE LOWEST AND BEST BID MEETING SPECIFICATIONS, IN THE AMOUNT OF <br />$23,798,00, AS PER RECOMMENDATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR'S STAFF, <br />CHAIRMAN WODTKE NOTED THAT THE MEMO SUBMITTED BY THE ADMINISTRA- <br />TOR'S STAFF STATES THAT "$INCE THE RECEIPT OF BIDS, WE HAVE ANALYZED EACH <br />BID, DISCUSSED DETAILS OF THE BIDS WITH 'REPRESENTATIVES OF EACH OF THE <br />BIDDING COMPANIES,,," AND HE WISHED TO BE SURE THAT THIS WAS DONE,ANT) IF TF <br />STATEMENT WERE NOT CORRECT., HE FELT THE*'BIDDERS SHOULD BE GIVEN FURTHER <br />OPPORTUNITY TO SUBSTANTIATE THEIR BIDS, <br />MC MCKENNA STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THIS STATEMENT WAS CORRECT; <br />ALTHOUGH THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM AUDIOHOUSE FELT THEY HAD ONLY HAD A <br />DIS-CUSSION WITH THE STAFF BEFORE THE BIDS WERE RECEIVED AND NOT AFTER, A�lD <br />ASKED THAT THEY BE GIVEN A FURTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THEIR BID WITH <br />MR, MCKENNA, <br />MR, HUBER OF RCA INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THEY <br />SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS AS HE FELT IT WOULD BE "NEGOTIATING AFTER <br />THE FACT," HE THEN WENT INTO A TECHNICAL EXPLANATION OF WHY HE DOES NOT <br />BELIEVE THE EQUIPMENT BID BY AUDIOHOUSE IS "EQUAL," <br />MR, MCKENNA POINTED OUT THAT THE SPECIFICATIONS ALSO STATE THAT <br />THE COUNTY CAN, IN EFFECT, ACCEPT OR REJECT BIDS FOR GOOD AND SUFFICIENT <br />• REASON AND STATED THEY HAVE ANOTHER REASON WHICH WASN'T LISTED, WHICH <br />CONCERNS THE VERY LARGE TRADE-IN ALLOWANCE MADE BY AUDIOHOUSE AND THE <br />COST OF ONE OF THEIR MOBILE UNITS,, WHICH WORKED OUT TO APPROXIMATELY $1,39, <br />WHILE RCA's WERE $790,00 APIECE, HE NOTED THAT WHEN WE WANT TO BUY MORE <br />MOBILE UNITS IN THE FUTURE, THIS WOULD BE A FACTOR TO CONSIDER, <br />18 <br />p' <br />JUL 201977 <br />BOOK 30 PAG -L 245 <br />