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BOOK 94 Pkv <br />AWARD BID #5044 - TV Sewer Inspection Truck <br />The Board reviewed the following memo dated 2/28/95: <br />TO: BOARD OF COUNTY 66WaSSIONERS <br />THRU: James E.•Chandler, County Administrator <br />H.T. "Sonny" Dean, Director <br />General services <br />FROM: Fran Boynton Powell, Purchasing Manager <br />SUBJ: Award IRC Bid 05044/T.V. Sewer Inspection Truck <br />Utilities Department <br />BACKGROUND 17DMRT nu: <br />Bid Openinq Date:, February 8, 1995 <br />Advertisinq Dates: January 25, Feb 1, 1995 <br />Specifications Mailed to: Fourteen (14) vendors <br />Replies: One (1) Vendor <br />YF�QB <br />BID- <br />Ques, <br />ID Ques, Inc $119,700.00 <br />Orlando, FL <br />TOTAL AMOUNT OF BID $119,700.00 <br />SOURCE OF FUNDS: • Sewer Utilities Automotive Account <br />F. 1N TED BSE': $147,000.00 <br />RECO ATION <br />Staff recommends that the bid be awarded to the sole - <br />bidder, Ques, Inc. This bid meets all t*e specifications <br />3s set forth in the Invitation to Bid. <br />Commissioner Tippin wondered why we get so little response to <br />our requests for proposals, and Commissioner Eggert recalled that <br />this was happening about 4 or 5 years ago and we asked that the <br />specifications be reviewed very carefully before being sent out. <br />Apparently, it is happening again. <br />General Services Director_Sonny Dean advised that they talked <br />to the vendors that submitted "no bid" and to a company out of <br />Clearwater who didn't bid because they could not compete with the <br />price of the Ques bid. This is a highly technical piece of <br />equipment and the specifications were very lengthy and very, very <br />technical. Most of the companies only make part of this type of <br />equipment. <br />Utilities Director Terry Pinto explained that this equipment <br />is highly technical and other vendors said they could meet the <br />specifications, but not the price. He stressed that this equipment <br />could save us thousands of dollars. A TV camera is dragged through <br />a pipe from one end to another and identifies where the problem is <br />and a sealer is injected into the crack. <br />Commissioner Adams understood that we can use this, equipment <br />with in-house staff. <br />24 <br />March 7, 1995 <br />