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E. IRC Bid #221 - (2) New 1985 Refuse Container Trucks <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 9/26/84: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners DATE: Sept. 26, 1984 FILE: <br />THRU: Michael Wright SUBJECT: IRC BID #221 - (2) NEW 1985 <br />County Administrator REFUSE CONTAINER TRUCKS <br />FROM: (tea -4-e 7C REFERENCES: <br />Carolyw'Goodrich, Manager <br />Purchasing Department <br />1. Description and Conditions <br />Bids were received, September 21, 1984 at 11:00 A.M. for IRC BID #221 - <br />(2) New 1985 Refuse Container Trucks for the Refuse Department. <br />25 Bid Proposals were sent out, 17 Bid Proposals were received. <br />2. Alternatives and Analysis <br />All bids came in over the $55,000.00 budgeted for each truck. After review <br />of all bids it has been determined the lower bids did not meet specifications <br />as written. <br />'13. Recommendation <br />Staff recommends that bids for IRC #221 be rejected and to rebid the trucks <br />after revising the bid specs. <br />Commissioner Bird hoped that there would be some <br />communication between Purchasing and the persons who will be <br />running this equipment as the County has a tendency to use <br />heavy equipment over a long time and, therefore, a piece of <br />equipment that costs significantly more initially may be the <br />best choice overall. <br />Administrator Wright advised that he had looked into <br />this matter and recommended that it be rebid. <br />Intergovernmental Relations Director Tommy Thomas <br />explained that after receiving so many high bids, the <br />opinion was that we should change our specifications. What <br />happened is that we relied too much on prior specifications <br />11 <br />OCT 10 1984 By 58 F°,'F <br />