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r <br />JUL 6 1983 <br />.- _ <br />ftt F ► <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners DATE:June 23, 1983 FILE: <br />THRU: Michael Wright SUBJECT: IRC BID #170 - Backhoe <br />County Administrator <br />GENAL SPRVICES DVISION <br />FROM: [-Z -C: err��v REFERENCES: <br />Carolyn doodrich, Manager <br />Purchasing Department <br />1. Description and Conditions <br />At the May 18, 1983 County Commission meeting, the Board approved expenditures <br />of $18,000.00 for the purchase of a mini backhoe and $45,000.00 for the purchase <br />of a full size backhoe for the Road & Bridge Department. <br />Bids were received June 21, 1983 at 11:00 A.M. for IRC 070 - Backhoe. <br />19 Bid Proposals were sent out, 5 bids were received. <br />2. Alternatives and Analysis <br />All bids met specifications. The low bid was submitted by Taylor & Munnell, <br />Ft. Pierce, in the amount of '$27,000.00 for a Case 580D. The County presently <br />owns 2 Case Tractors and there has been no difficulty in obtaining parts and no <br />excessive down time. <br />3. Recommendation and Funding <br />Staff recommends IRC #170 be awarded to the low bidder, Taylor & Munnell, for a <br />Case 580D in the amount of $27,000.00. <br />Funds to come from Account #004-214-541-66-43. Uncommitted funds total $171,122.33. <br />Budgeted - $653,737.00. <br />Administrator Wright explained that the real need for <br />this backhoe is in the Utilities Department and what they <br />are proposing is to transfer an existing 179 backhoe from <br />Road and Bridges, which is not quite suitable for their <br />purposes, into Utilities. They have also transferred a <br />Caterpillar D-4 into Landfill and the net swap would result <br />in $19,000 being paid back to Road & Bridges for those two <br />pieces of equipment from the enterprise funds. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Scurlock, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Lyons, that the <br />20 <br />