Award Information

This is an Award Information document for Effingham County, Georgia, documenting the results of RFQ No. 22-25-003 for a mid-size excavator purchase. The county solicited sealed proposals at the Office of the Purchasing Agent located at 601 N. Laurel Street, Springfield, Georgia, with a submission deadline of 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time on Friday, September 3, 2021. Rather than holding a mandatory pre-bid meeting, interested bidders were required to submit an email to abruton@effinghamcounty.org by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, August 23, 2021, to indicate interest in bidding. The award was made to Low Country Machinery on September 21, 2021, at a Board of Commissioners meeting.

Low Country Machinery's award was for equipment totaling $154,052.00, including a 2000 Cat 330 Excavator (S/N 06DR03546) priced at $5,100.00 and a 2006 Cat 320CL Hydraulic Excavator priced at $44,450.00. The equipment was available in stock with delivery within 60 days or less. Low Country Machinery's proposal included a 72-month/5,000-hour premier warranty. The county had established a budget of $225,000.00 for this procurement, and Low Country Machinery's bid came in at $70,948.00 under budget. Two competing proposals were received: one at $146,529.00 and another at $172,200.00, both of which also remained under the established budget threshold.