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• <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Utilities Department has requested the replacement of the existing electrical enclosure at <br />well # 4 at the South County Water Plant. The bid results are as follows: <br />Bid Opening Date: <br />Advertising Dates: <br />DemandStar Broadcast to: <br />Specification s Requested by: <br />Replies: <br />BIT) TABULATION: <br />December 5, 2001 <br />November 7 and 14, 2001 <br />Three Hundred Ninety Six (396) vendors <br />Thirty (30) vendors <br />Two (2) vendors <br />Vendor <br />Unit Cost <br />Days <br />A.R.O. <br />Control Center, LLC <br />Winter Park, FL <br />$21,600.00 <br />70 <br />DCR Engineering Services Inc <br />Mulberry, FL <br />$26,754.00 <br />180 <br />ESTIIVIATED BUDGET: <br />TOTAL AMOUNT OF B11)• <br />$15,000.00* <br />*See attached Budget Office authorization to cover additional funding required <br />$21,600.00 <br />SOURCE OF FUNDS: 471-000-169-391.00 <br />SC Water Plant Improvements <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends awarding the bid to Control Center, LLC as the lowest most responsive and <br />responsible bidder meeting the specifications as set forth in the Invitation to Bid. <br />MOTION WAS MADE by Commissioner Ginn, SECONDED <br />BY Commissioner Macht, to approve staff's recommendation. <br />Under discussion, Commissioner Macht asked why the big disparity between the <br />estimated budget and the lowest bid, and Utilities Director Erik Olson responded that <br />consultant based the original estimate on a metal or steel box, but later restructured it to <br />stainless steel for longer life. <br />January 8, 2002 <br />95 <br />• <br />