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L r <br />TO: Members of the Board <br />of County Commissioners <br />DATE: May 6, 1998 <br />SUBJECT: APPROVE AUTHORIZATION TO ISSUE BLANKET PURCHASE ORDERS <br />OVER 55,000 LIMIT TO COMPUTER COMPONENT VENDORS <br />OMB - CONSENT AGENDA <br />FROM: Joseph A. Baird <br />OMB Director <br />DESCRIPTION AND CONDITIONS <br />• <br />On April 21, 1998 the Board of County commissioners approved utilizing the vendors listed below to purchase <br />components to build, up -grade and repair computers and related equipment. In the agenda item, I did not request <br />permission to exceed the $5,000 threshold for blanket purchase orders. I am respectfully requesting approval to exceed <br />the $5,000 on blanket purchase orders <br />Approved vendors: <br />T C Computers <br />DANPEX Corp. <br />505 Bloomfield Street <br />2114 Ringwood Ave <br />Jefferson, LA 70121 <br />San Jose, CA 95131 <br />MicroWarehouse <br />Formosa Computers, Inc. <br />1720 Oak Street <br />777 New Durham Road <br />P.O. Box 3014 <br />Edison, NJ 08817 <br />Lakewood, NJ 08701-5926 <br />Software City <br />ASI <br />1270 N. Wickham Road <br />6115-B Northbelt Parkway <br />Melbourne, FL 32935 <br />Norcross, GA 30071 <br />RSR Wholesale South, Inc. <br />Dolphin Data <br />P.O. Box 4300 <br />4700 140th Ave, Suite 102 <br />Winter Park, FL 32793 <br />Clearwater, FL <br />CDW <br />All State Contracted Vendors <br />200 N. Milwaukee Ave. <br />Vernon Hills, IL 60061 <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve blanket purchase orders above the $5,000 limit <br />on the above mentioned vendors. <br />Commissioner Eggert asked if there was a monetary cap on this spending, and Budget <br />Director Joseph A. Baird advised there was not. <br />Director Baird advised that staff is starting to build 14 computers in-house rather than <br />going outside to purchase them. He estimated it could be as high as $30,000 to $40,000 per <br />year. <br />May 12, 1998 <br />19 <br />