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AUG 1987 �OOK <br />ra . ae, block architect, inc. <br />July 7, 1987 <br />Dean <br />Mr. Sonny <br />87 <br />13 <br />Indian River County UU=-!T <br />1840 - 25th Street <br />Vero Beach, Florida 32960 <br />RE: SHERIFF'S ADMINISTRATION BUILDING/COMMUNICATION SYSTEM <br />Dear Mr. Dean, <br />As you are aware the bids for the Sheriff's administration building <br />internal communication system were received, as the following indicates <br />the order, the lowest to highest: <br />TELECONNECT SYSTEMS, INC. $52,008.45 <br />EXECUTONE SYSTEMS, INC. $66,087.18 <br />SOUTHERN BELL ADVANCED SYSTEMS $68,776.00 <br />AT&T $93,342.00 <br />SUN TELEPHONE, INC. NO BID <br />The Sheriff's staff has interviewed the lowest and 3rd bidder, and I have <br />enclosed a letter from the Sheriff on his findings. Even thou the second <br />lowest bidder, Executone, was not interviewed before the letter was <br />written, I have requested that the Sheriff's staff have an Executone <br />demostration on their equipment. The Executone Company, through my <br />review, has failed to satisfy Indian River County School Board in a recent <br />Installation and they received poor comments from the School Board staff. <br />Because of the magnitude of the problem ($40,000 system lost and changed <br />out by school district). I do not feel comfortable in recommending this <br />Company to another local government body. Executone equipment was used <br />as the standard and until now, the engineer and myself was not aware of <br />the above problem. I have enclosed a letter for your review to our design <br />engineer from Executone explaning their position with the school district. <br />I have enclosed the design engineers evaluation of the bids. I concur that <br />low bidder, Teleconnect Systems, Inc., did not meet specifications on <br />capacity and there related references appear, from our investigation, to be <br />small systems leaving me some question to their ability to service large <br />systems. The second lowest bidder, Executone, is questionable based on <br />local performance to a public group. <br />The third lowest bidder is Southern Bell Advanced Systems, Inc., who has <br />satisfied the user, the Sheriff, by demostration and good credibility in <br />references. It also will interface well with the 911 Communications <br />Center, which is contracted with Southern Bell, even thou that is not a bid <br />requirement it will, in the long run, probably prove to be beneficial. My <br />main concern is service and performance which is critical to a life/safety <br />42 <br />-O <br />0 <br />Cn <br />Q <br />C <br />(D <br />n <br />C7 <br />(D <br />Q <br />O <br />Q <br />N <br />0- <br />N <br />0 <br />CT <br />• - <br />0 <br />(` <br />0- <br />-O <br />v <br />0 <br />