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• <br />DATE: <br />TO: <br />THROUGH: <br />FROM: <br />February 13, 2002 <br />BOARD OF COLI\ <br />TY COMMISSIONERS <br />James E. Chandler, County Administrator <br />Erik Olsen, Utilities Department Director <br />Thomas Frame, General Services Director �r c <br />Fran Powell, Purchasing Manage <br />2l� <br />SUBJECT: Bid Award: IRC # 4042 Semi -Annual Bid for Bulk Salt <br />Utilities Department / Wastewater Treatment Division <br />B ACKGROUND INFORMATION <br />B id Opening Date: <br />Advertising Dates: <br />B roadcast on DemandStar to: <br />Specification Requested by: <br />Replies: <br />B ID TABULATION <br />January 30, 2002 at 2:00 P.M. <br />January 16 and 23, 2002 <br />Two Hundred Sixteen (216) Vendors notified <br />Five (5) Vendors <br />One (1) Vendors <br />B idder <br />Morton International, Inc. <br />(Morton Salt) <br />Chicago, IL <br />Description <br />Bulk undried solar salt - <br />course (industrial) <br />Quantity <br />220 tons <br />Unit Cost <br />$50.40 / to <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends awarding this bid as follows: <br />• Award to Morton International, Inc. as the sole bidder meeting the specifications as set forth <br />in the Invitation to Bid. <br />• Establish an Open End Contract for the period February 1, 2002 through July 31, 2002 with <br />recommended vendor. Last years expenditures totaled $11,335.00. The new year bid prices <br />reflect a 6% increase against the 2001 prices of Bid # 3039. The projected expenditures for <br />2002 are $12,096.00 <br />• Authorize the Purchasing Manager to renew this contract for two (2) additional six (6) month <br />periods subject to satisfactory perfoImance, zero cost increase, vendor acceptance and the <br />determination that renewal of this annual contract is in the best interest of the County. <br />March 5, 2002 <br />• <br />33 <br />2 <br />