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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 3, 2002
Action Agenda s
Item No. _
SUBJECT: Bid Award: Landfill Compactor for Orange County Landfill
DEPARTMENT: Purchasing/Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No
Management
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Bid Tabulation Pam Jones, 245-2652
8/27/02 Landfill Manager Memo re: Gayle Wilson, 968-2885
Estimated Replacement Equipment Needs TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Durham 688-7331
Mebane 336-227-2031
PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid for a Landfill Compactor for the Orange County
Landfill.
BACKGROUND: Landfill compactors are replaced every six years per the landfill
equipment schedule. The unit due for replacement during the 2002-2003 fiscal year is a
1994 REX 3-70-A. The proposed replacement equipment will be needed throughout the
period leading up to the recently revised anticipated 2009 closure date of the mixed solid
waste (MSW) landfill. For information purposes only, staff have prepared the accompanying
list of other major equipment replacement purchases that will likely be needed at the MSW
landfill through its anticipated 2009 closure date and the 30 year post-closure maintenance
period required by federal and state regulations.
The bid specifications, produced collaboratively by the Purchasing and Solid Waste
Departments, included an option for vendors to consider trade in of the 1994 unit. The bid.
was advertised and bids were solicited from eleven vendors, three of whom attended a pre-
bid conference on August 20, 2002. Of the two bids that were received, Road Machinery
Inc of Statesville, North Carolina was determined to have submitted the lowest responsible
bid that was responsive, bidding a CMI Trashmaster 3-75E at a net delivered cost of
$317,000. The bid price includes a five-year power train warranty and allows $55,500 in
trade in for the 1994 REX 3-70-A.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: Staff recommends that instead of outright purchase, that the
equipment be acquired through installment purchase. This equipment can be added to the
financing arrangement with Central Carolina Bank (CCB) that the Board approved several
months ago for equipment associated with implementation of the Regulated Recyclable
Materials Ordinance. At a very attractive rate of 3.75% annual interest for a 59-month term,
the County in the near term can preserve several hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash in
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the Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise Fund. With estimated total interest payments
of roughly $23,375, the total cost of this action over five years, if approved by the Board,
would be approximately $340,375. Sufficient funds are and will be available in the Solid
Waste/Landfill Operations fund to cover installment purchase payments.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: 1) award a bid for a
CMI Trashmaster 3-75E to Road Machinery Inc. of Statesville North Carolina in the amount
of$317,000.00; 2) authorize the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork;
and 3) authorize the Finance Director and Attorney to execute appropriate documents to
include the financing of this equipment with the previously approved solid waste equipment
being financed through Central Carolina Bank.
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BID TABULATION
BID # 240
BID FOR: LANDFILL COMPACTOR BID AWARDED TO:
CLOSING DATE 8-20-2002 BID PRICE:
CLOSING TIME: 11:00 AM BUDGETED AMOUNT:
VENDOR BID BOND UNIT COST TRADE IN NET BID
ALLOWANCE
ROAD MACHINERY YES $372,500.00 -$55,500.00
STATESVILLE, NC $317,000.00
GREGORY POOLE NO $492,771.00 -$40,000.00
RALEIGH, NC NON RESPONSIVE $452,771.00
AL-JON
UTTUMWA, IA NO BID
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MEMORANDUM
To: Rod Visser,Assistant County Manager
From: Paul Spire, Landfill Manager
Subject: Estimated Replacement Equipment Needs for Life of Landfill
Date: August 27, 2002
Equipment for the landfill is on a designated replacement list that has been in use since the
commencing of the landfill as one of its reserve accounts. This schedule lists all the current
equipment and anticipates the need for replacement on a set schedule.
In the current year of 02-03 there were two things that were up for replacement, one a
compactor, which was let out for bid and is suggested for replacement at a cost of$317,000. This
compactor has a life expectancy of six(6)years but is expected to be in use till the landfill closes in
2009. The other is a large dump/service type truck that will be purchased off of the state contract, for
an anticipated cost of$48,000. The life expectancy of this item is ten(10)years.
In 03-04,there is a replacement of a Bulldozer at an anticipated cost of$418,500 with a life
expectancy of 6 years,which means that it is to be replaced in the year 09-10. At that time it will be
used to put the final cap on the lined landfill and when the cap is completed it will be shitted to the
Construction and Demolition Landfill in 11-12.
In year 05-06 a wheel loader is to be replaced at an anticipated cost of$119,000 with a life of
eight (8)years. This equipment is used in the white goods and tire area of the MSW landfill.
In year 06-07 the leachate truck,which is used to haul the landfill's leachate to the processing plant, is
up for replacement. It will be replaced on a ten(10)year basis and is to be replaced for the complete
monitoring time of the landfill,which is currently for thirty(30)years. The anticipated cost for this
replacement is$110,800. It will be replaced three more times before the estimated landfill monitoring
time is complete. Also in 06-07 is the motor grader. It is used in the upkeep of the roads and in
construction. It is estimated to cost$20,000 (we expect to buy it used off of State surplus equipment)
with a life expectancy of eight(8)years and will also change over to the C&D landfill at its next
replacement in the year of 13-14.
In the year of 09-10 a dozer is replaced which is already listed in the current years (02-03)
replacement. Also in that year a hydraulic excavator is replaced. This is used in the white goods,tire,
and mulch area of the MSW landfill. It will also be used as a backup to loading the transfer trucks
when the transfer station starts. It has an eight(8)year life expectancy and is anticipated to cost
$164,000.
It should be noted that all estimated replacement cost are true anticipated cost since they are
inflated at 3%per year on the previous acquisition cost for each piece of equipment.
At current post closure operations the staff will have to monitor and maintain the closed landfill
for a minimum of thirty years. This includes all gas monitoring, water monitoring, upkeep of all access
roads, maintenance of all erosion control areas, and maintenance of the cap. Maintenance of the cap
will consist of checking and repairing of settlement;repairing of seeding and washed out areas, vector
control, leachate control,mowing, and general upkeep of the closed landfill. If heavy equipment is
necessary to maintain the closed landfill, it will have to come from the Construction and Demolition
landfill. Since some of the heavy equipment such as the compactor will not be replaced, other pieces
will have to be kept on the replacement list for several years or until such time as the state no longer
requires Orange County to monitor its landfill.
If you have any other questions please give me a call.