RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the Sheriff-Coroner, a purchase order with Bob Barker Company, in an amount not to exceed $540,000 for the purchase of miscellaneous products specific to correctional facilities as needed within the County's detention facilities for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$540,000. 100% General Fund; Budgeted.
BACKGROUND:
Bob Barker is a specialty firm that specializes in selling products specific to jails, prisons and correctional facilities, i.e. bedding, inmate clothing, mattresses and various sundry housing supplies. This vendor provides direct drop shipments of large quantities of products at extremely low costs; no other local company was able to match products, pricing, quantity and delivery parameters.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The Sheriff's Office would not be able to execute the purchase order with Bob Barker Company.
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