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48 PACE38 ? DEC 16°1991 Administrator Nelson emphasized the importance of getting quality equipment, such as Caterpillar, in the heavy equipment line to insure reliability, and stated that he would like to go to total cost for this reason. He stressed the fact that although the initial outlay is substantial, expensive downtime is minimized because under a total cost bid the supplier is required to supply a replacement vehicle or pay a rental fee to the County for equipment which is down for over 7 days. The Administrator noted that we bought a grader this way in March of 1981 and so far have spent only $135 maintenance and the maximum downtime has been 2 days. If, however, the Board does not want to go total cost, then he would recommend Champion even though we have had some bad experience getting parts for this make other than normal stock parts. The Administrator did not want the Huber grader because we are not experienced on it; we would have to train new mechanics; and the company has not made it before. He noted that we do have two Champions. Considerable discussion followed on the substantial cost difference for the Caterpillar, and the general feeling was that it would be hard to justify that a Champion wouldn't do the job. On Motion by Commissioner Bird, seconded by Commissioner Fletcher, the Board unanimously awarded Bid #103 to Linder Industrial Machinery for a Champion Motor Grader, as being the lowest and best bid meeting specifications, in the amount of $73,484.00. Administrator Nelson reported that on the front end loader, since the Board does not feel it can justify purchasing the Caterpillar, he would much prefer the International. He noted the only reason they even talked about Ford is that there are major distributors in this area. On Motion by Commissioner Scurlock, seconded by Commissioner Fletcher, the Board unanimously awarded Bid 71