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-I JUN 09 1992 GOOK FAuE a° H. Purchase of Vac -Con Sewer Cleaner Truck - Utilities Wastew to The Board reviewed memo from Purchasing Manager Fran Boynton dated May 28, 1992: DATE: MAY 28, 1992 TO: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THRU: James E. Chandler, County Adminisitrator H.T. "Sonny" Dean, Director Department of General Servi s FROM: Fran Boynton, Purchasing Manager SUBJ: Purchase of a Vac -Con Sewer Cleaner Truck Utilities/Wastewater BACKGROUND IN O SX&TION • The Utilities Department has submitted a requisition for the purchase of a Vac -Con Sewer Cleaner Truck Model V -312T from their approved capital outlay budget. The amount appropriated for this vehicle is $150,000.00. On March 15, 1990, the City Commission for the City of Cocoa Beach, Florida, approved Bid I P149 for the purchase of 1990 Vac -Con Sewer Truck Cleaner Model V -312T in the amount of $141,656.00 ,(Exhibit "A") from Southern Sewer Equipment Sales. +ANALYSIS: Southern Sewer Equipment ales has offered to sell Indian River County a 1992 _Model Vac -Con Model V -312T Sewer Cleaner Truck for the same price of $141,656.00. The new model includes an articulating hose reel with hydraulic support jacks. This operated moveable system allows the operator to locate himself and the truck in several different locations when entering a manhole in the street. The unit sold to Cocoa Beach has a stationary high water pressure hose reel which holds 800 feet of flexible waterline and is located in the front of the truck. This reel is in a fixed position. The new feature alone is priced at the dealer net of $5,100.00. In addition, the vendor has included an AM/FM radio priced at $200.00 for no additional charge. The Department has conducted demonstrations with different man- ufacturers to arrive at which unit best meets their needs. This information is herein referenced as Exhibit B. RECOMMENDATION; It is staff's recommendation that the bidding requirements be waived and authorize the purchase of one .(1) 1992 Vac -Con V -312T Sewer Cleaner Truck by piggybacking the City of Cocoa Beach's bid number P149 for the base bid of $141,656.00 plus $1,650. 00 conditioning, which is standard in the 1992 models, but couldfnot airor notoffered with the 1990 price. The additional cost for the air conditioning is still being offset by obtaining the $5,100.00 articu- lating hose reel and part of the base bid. ON MOTION by Commissioner Wheeler, SECONDED by Commissioner Scurlock, the Board unanimously authorized purchase of one 1992 Vac -Con V -312T Sewer Cleaner Truck as set out in staff's recommendation. 8