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JUN 31981 - BOOK 46 PAGE 638 BE MANUFACTURED BY ALLIS-CHALMERS; IT IS A FRENCH DERIVATIVE AND VERY DIFFICULT TO GET PARTS FOR. DISCUSSION ENSUED AS TO WHY WE BID ONLY TOTAL COST, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR FELT THE COMMISSION HAD AGREED THAT TOTAL COST BIDDING WAS THE WAY TO GO FOR QUALITY, AND NOTED THAT IT, IN ADDITION, ALLOWS YOU TO PROJECT WELL INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THE GUARANTEED.TRADE-I'N VALUE. COMMISSIONER BIRD AGREED THAT THE TRADE-IN FIGURES SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES AS COMPARED BETWEEN REWIND AND KELLY, COMMISSIONER FLETCHER INQUIRED IF A BID WAS RECEIVED FROM INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER, AND THE ADMINISTRATOR NOTED THAT SIX REQUESTS WERE SENT OUT AND FOUR REPLIES RECEIVED, TWO OF WHICH WERE NO BIDS. DISCUSSION FOLLOWED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE NO BIDS WERE DUE TO THE REQUIREMENT OF TOTAL COST BIDDING AND THE POSSIBILITY THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME COMPANIES WITH COMPARABLE EQUIPMENT WHO WILL NOT BID TOTAL COST, IT WAS -GENERALLY AGREED THAT WE SHOULD KEEP OUR OPTIONS OPEN AND BID BOTH WAYS. ADMINISTRATOR NELSON AGREED THAT THIS WILL BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BIRD, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AWARDED BID #84 FOR A CATERPILLAR D6 DOZER TO KELLY TRACTOR CO. IN THE AMOUNT OF $123,845 AS RECOMMENDED BY THE BID COMMITTEE; FUNDING FROM ACCOUNT #411-217-534-66.49. THE ADMINISTRATOR NEXT REVIEWED BID #85 AS FOLLOWS: Bid 1185 - Pump for Irrigation Svstem at New Administration Buildin 7 Bid Proposals sent out, 3 received United Irrigation Co. 15-30 days to complete 3123.00)(Low Bidder) Jacobs Electric Co. 15-30 days to complete 4195.00 McCullers-Howard Co. 15-30 days to complete 4988.00 Recommend Bid #85 be awarded to the low bidder, United Irrigation. Fund Account #301-130-519-66.51 THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION IN REGARD TO THE LARGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOW BIDDER AND THE HIGH BIDDER, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE HIGH BIDDER BID 10 H.P. RATHER THAN 7.5 H.P. BY MISTAKE.