Rowan County received proposals for the Firearm Purchase for the Sheriff's Office. Two bid responses were received. After careful evaluation the County would like to award the bid to AmChar Wholesale, Inc. who submitted the lowest, responsible, responsive bid for a total bid amount of $31,347.40.
The bid request included both new weapons to be purchased and old weapons to be traded in under one large order. A total of 225 new firearms were quoted by both bidders, at a total price of $91,257.40. A total of 225 County owned used weapons were listed by serial number for a requested trade in value for each weapon. The quoted total trade in value was $59,910.00 from AmChar and $59,620.00 from Craig's Firearm Supply. The $290 difference makes AmChar the Lowest Bidder.
The County received a NCDPS Grant for funding of this purchase in the amount of $84,269.00. The purchase order will not exceed the $84,269.00 amount, but could fluctuate from the quoted $31,347.40 due to some listed trade in weapons being confiscated by the SBI under current investigations.
Attached are the bid tab form and the bid proposal from AmChar Wholesale, Inc.
Recommendation: Board of Commissioners to award the bid to AmChar Wholesale, Inc. and approve the Purchasing Director to approve the Purchase Order to AmChar Wholesale, Inc.; Not to Exceed $84,269.00
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