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JAN 19 1988 <br />BOOK 70 FAGS 5S© <br />Industrial Equipment Company, as being the lowest <br />bidder meeting specifications, in the amount of <br />$5,835. <br />1. Bid #385 - Mid -Size '88 Station Wagon (Planning Dept.) <br />The Board reviewed the following memo: <br />TO: Board of County Commissioners DATE: January 8, 1988 <br />FILE: <br />SUBJECT: IRC BID #385 - Mid -Size 1988 <br />Station Wagon <br />FROM: P.J. Mattes REFERENCES: <br />Ass't. County Administrator <br />Acting Manager, Purchasing Division <br />1. DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />Bids were received Wednesday, January 6, 1988 at 2:00 p.m. for IRC <br />Bid #385 - One (1) New 1988 Mid -Size Station Wagon for the Indian <br />River County Planning Department. <br />21 Bid Proposals were sent out. Four bids were received. <br />2. ALTERNATIVES AND ANALYSIS <br />The low bid, without trade. -.in was submitted by Janie Dean Chevrolet <br />in the amount of $9,825.05 for a. Chevrolet Celebrity. <br />The State Contract price for a Chevrolet Celebrity Station Wagon is <br />confirmed as $9,39.5.85 via Ken Rummel Chevrolet, Inc. of Sanford, <br />Florida. <br />3. RECOMMENDATION AND FUNDING <br />Staff recommends that IRC Bid #385 be awarded and that the purchase be <br />be accomplished via state contract. Budgetary appraval has been confirmed <br />for expenditure from the Planning Department. Account No. 004 -207 -524 -066.42. - <br />Commissioner Bird asked in a case like this, where we have a <br />local supplier who is only slightly higher than state contract, <br />whether we have the ability to go back to that local low bidder <br />and advise them that we can buy this at state bid price for a <br />certain price, but we prefer to do business with them if they can <br />lower their price and that way we can keep the money in Indian <br />River County. <br />20 <br />