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Chad Carter, Integrity Lawn and Landscaping, Okeechobee, said he had owned his <br />landscaping business for seven years, and currently maintains numerous properties from <br />Okeechobee to Fort Pierce. He felt he could provide a good landscaping service at the agreed <br />price due to the cost savings in drive time and fuel, which would be absorbed through other <br />clients in the local area. <br />The Board and staff discussed local preference not being used in the award of the bids, <br />what the contracts would include, the broad range in submitted bid amounts, the loss of four full- <br />time County positions in the Park Division, and gaining efficiency. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Solari, SECONDED by <br />Chairman Wheeler, the Board unanimously: (1) approved <br />bid award to Boro Building and Property Maintenance, <br />Inc., Sarasota, for the janitorial maintenance portion of the <br />bid, in the amount of $56,641.61 annually, as the most <br />responsive and responsible bidder meeting the <br />specifications as set forth in the Invitation to Bid; <br />(2) approved the bid award to Integrity Lawn and <br />Landscaping, Okeechobee, for the landscape maintenance <br />portion of the bid, in the amount of $15,120 annually, as <br />the most responsive and responsible bidder meeting the <br />specifications as set forth in the Invitation to Bid; <br />(3) approved the sample agreement; and (4) authorized the <br />Chairman to execute said agreement after receipt and <br />approval of the required certificate of insurance, and after <br />the County Attorney has approved the agreement as to <br />form and legal sufficiency, all as recommended in the <br />memorandum of January 4, 2012. <br />DOCUMENTS ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK TO THE BOARD <br />January 10, 2012 18 <br />440 <br />BK 141 PG 865 <br />