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FEB 17198 BOOK 4 ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS Staff met with the local Hyster representatives, in fact Hyster sent their factory representative and a representive of H. F. Mason Equipment Corporation to present the slide presentation viewed by the Staff. As a result of that meeting the County's Staff agreed to work with the Hyster representative in the establishment of a field demonstration of their equipment. The following week Staff scheduled the demonstration at the County Landfill. The H.F. Mason Equipment Corporation failed on two occasions to meet the time requirements that were initially agreed upon regarding the locating of the equipment at the Landfill and on the day of the scheduled test. This obviously caused the Staff concern about the backup capability and the firms committment for meeting the servicing criteria that would be imposed upon them. On Monday of this week, February 8, the demonstration actually was performed. During the demonstration period it became obvious to Staff that the Hyster machine did not live up to expectations nor the committments as expressed by the manufactures representative in terms of perfor- mance. In fact, ;the machine did not adequately compact the land at the Landfill and did become mired in the garbage. On the second demonstration effort the Hyster machine had a malfunction and they had to stop the demonstration because a heat or oil light indicator came on which indicated a malfunction. On the third attempt the°machine again failed to perform and meet the require- ments as established by the County. Thus the County Commission has two alternatives in terms of meeting the needs of the County Landfill operation: A. To approve the award of the bid to Kelly Tractor Incorporated in the amount of $157,118.00, the Cash Purchase Price, or the option of adopting IRC #110, Total Cost Bid, for Caterpillar in the amount of $143,023.00. B. Awarding of Bid ##109 on a Cash Purchase Price basis to H. F. Mason Equipment Corporation for the Hyster Compactor in the amount of $118,825.00. RECOMMENDATIONS AND -FUNDING It is Staffs recommendation that Bid IRC ##109 be rejected and that Bid IRC #110, the Total Cost Bid in the amount of $143,023.00 be awarded to Kelly Tractor Incorporated for the Caterpillar machine. On Motion by Commissioner Fletcher, seconded by Commissioner Bird, the Board unanimously rejected Bid #110, (Total Cost) and awarded Bid #109, (Cash Purchase) to Kelly Tractor Incorporated for a Caterpillar 4 -Wheel Landfill Compactor, as being the lowest and best bid meeting specifications, in the amount of $157,118.00. BID #117 - 3-53 DIESEL POWER UNIT The $oard reviewed the following recommendation: 20