HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 10-07-2008 - 4lORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: October 7, 2008
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SUBJECT: Bid Award: Twenty (20) Eight Cubic Yard Corrugated Cardboard Containers
DEPARTMENT: Purchasing and Solid Waste PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
Management
ATTACHMENT(S):
Tabulation
INFORMATION CONTACT:
Pam Jones, (919) 245-2652
Gayle Wilson, (919) 968-2885
PURPOSE: To consider awarding a bid to Bakers Waste Equipment from Morganton, NC for
the purchase of twenty (20) metal eight cubic yard containers (dumpsters) to be used for the
collection of corrugated cardboard.
BACKGROUND: The purchase of these containers was included in the FY 2008-2009
Recycling Division Budget. These containers will be used to collect corrugated cardboard at
government buildings, Solid Waste Convenience Centers, Recycling 24-hour Drop-off Sites and
at select commercial establishments.
Orange County staff developed specifications used in the bid. These specifications were part of
bid solicitation #1548 that was sent to vendors as well as advertised on the County's website.
Two companies responded, with Bakers Waste Equipment from Morganton, North Carolina
submitting the lowest responsive bid at a delivered cost of $1,125 each (total cost for twenty
units is $22,500). The bid tabulation is attached.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The purchase price of the metal containers is $22,500. Funding for this
purchase was included as part of the FY 2008-2009 Solid Waste Departmental Operating
Budget in the Recycling Division.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board award a bid for the
purchase of twenty (20) eight cubic yard metal containers (dumpsters) to be used for the
collection of corrugated cardboard to Bakers Waste Equipment, Morganton, NC at a cost of
$22,500; and authorize the Purchasing Director to execute the necessary paperwork.
BID TABULATION
BID # 1548
BID FOR: 20 YARD CONTAINERS BID AWARDED TO: BAKERS WASTE
CLOSING DATE: 7-25-08 BID PRICE: $22,500
CLOSING TIME: 3:00 PM BUDGETED AMOUNT: 24 000
ENTY (20) EIGHT (8) CY
NOTCH BACK AND FRONT
ONTAINERS WITH SLOT
FOR CORRUGATED
unit ARDBOARD
BAKERS WASTE
MORGANTON, NC $1,125.00 $22,500.0
NU LIFE
EASLEY, SC $1,165.0 $23,300.0