Brush Chipper Packet

CHARLES H. CANNON, IV

County Attorney Post Office Box 190 Moultrie, Georgia 31776-0190 229-985-1213

District 2 Commissioner

District 1 Commissioner

District 4 Commissioner

District 6 Commissioner

Chairman

COLQUITT COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

101 East Central Avenue

DENVER F. BRASWELL

BARBARA JELKS

CHRIS HUNNICUTT

MIKE BOYD

PAUL NAGY

District 5 Commissioner

JOHNNY HARDIN

MELISSA E. LAWSON

LESTER CASTELLOW

County Administrator 229-616-7404

County Clerk 229-616-7409

Post Office Box 517 Moultrie, Georgia 31776-0517

Phone 229-616-7400 Facsimile 229-616-7018 www.ccboc.com

District 3 Commissioner

MARC DEMOTT

August 22, 2023

INVITATION TO BID

RE: BRUSH CHIPPER

COLQUITT COUNTY is accepting sealed bids on BRUSH CHIPPER for use by the Road and Bridge Department as per attached specifications.

The bid packet is available at the Purchasing office at the Colquitt County Annex, 101 East Central Ave, room 206 or can be accessed on the Colquitt County web site at www.ccboc.com/departments/purchasing and refer to the Bid and RFP List to download this packet.

Sealed bids will be accepted in the office of the County Purchasing Department, located in the Colquitt County Court House Annex, 101 East Central Avenue, Suite 206, Moultrie, Georgia 31768, (Post Office Box 517, Moultrie, Georgia 31776-0517), until Thursday, September 21, 2023, at 2:20 p.m. at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids must be in a sealed envelope plainly marked in the lower left-hand corner “SEALED BID BRUSH CHIPPER.” It is the bidder’s responsibility to have all bids turned in by the called time. No bids will be accepted after the called time. No bids may be withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) days after the called time. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids and to waive any and all formalities.

Any and all questions are to be directed to:

Lena Mercer, Purchasing Agent at 229-616-7087, lena.mercer@colquittcountyga.gov Stan Kirksey, Public Works Superintendent, 229-616-7480, stan.kirksey@colquittcountyga.gov

Thank you for your interest in bidding.

Sincerely, Lena Mercer Purchasing Agent

COLQUITT COUNTY BID SPECIFICATIONS

BRUSH CHIPPER

GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Unit shall be a trailer-mounted hydraulically fed drum chipper in the 12” capacity class. Length of basic unit shall not exceed 12.5” when in transportation configuration. Overall height shall not exceed more than 101”.

Maximum weight of the unit shall not be more than 4995 lb and tongue weight shall not exceed 600 lb.

SPECIFICATIONS BIDDER’S RESPONSE

Make __________________________

Model __________________________

HORSEPOWER: 74 hp __________________________

MAX TORQUE: 180 ft-lb __________________________

FUEL TYPE: DIESEL __________________________

NUMBER OF CYLINDERS: 4 __________________________

COOLING METHOD: LIQUID __________________________

FUEL TANK: 24 GAL CAPACITY __________________________

HYDRAULIC TANK: 7 GAL CAPACITY _________________________

SYSTEM VOLTAGE: 12V ___________________________

LIGHTS: LED STOP, TURN, TAIL, LICENSE ______________________________

DRUM SIZE: 20” DIA. X 20” WIDE ___________________________

SPEED: 2500 RPM ___________________________

KNIVES: TWO A8 CHIPPER STEEL ___________________________

SHEAR BAR: FOUR USABLE EDGES ___________________________

SPECIFICATIONS BIDDER’S RESPONSE

FRAME: .25” X 7” Z CHANNEL __________________________

TIRES: ST235/80/R16 __________________________

AXLE/ SUSPENSION: TORSION __________________________

ELECTRIC BRAKES WITH BREAKAWAY

SWITH __________________________

INFEED THROAT/ FEED CAPACITY: 12”X17” __________________________

INFEED OPENING: 52” X 32” __________________________

FEED TABLE LENGTH: 32” __________________________

FEED TABLE HEIGHT: 26” ___________________________

FEED ROLLER STYLE: SINGLE HORIZONTAL ______________________________

INFEED RATE: 105 FPM ___________________________

SUSPENSION: 5200 LB TORSION

WEIGHT: MIN. 4900 LBS ___________________________

CLUTCHLESS PTO: ALLOWS THE CUTTER

DRUM TO BE ENGAGED WITHOUT A T

TRADITIONAL BELT TENSIONER. SYSTEM

SHALL DISALLOW ENGAGEMENT WITH ENGINE

SPEED ABOVE 1000 RPM ___________________________

BOTTOM FEED STOP BAR WITH RESET FOR

SAFETY/ UPPER FEED CONTROL BAR ___________________________

DISCHARGE SYSTEM: CHUTE MUST BE NO LESS

THAN 101” HIGH. ROTATION LIMITED TO 270

DEGREE ROTATION ___________________________

OPERATORS MAINTENANCE PARTS AND

REPAIR MANUALS – CD & HARD COPY ______________________________

CASH BID PRICE FOR ABOVE SPECIFICATIONS-UNIT $_____________________

LESS: DISCOUNTS DUE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS $_____________________

TOTAL PRICE: DELIVERED TO COLQUITT COUNTY $_____________________

LIST OTHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT TO BE INCLUDED IN BID PRICE:

STATE AND EXPLAIN WARRANTY TO BE INCLUDED IN BID PRICE:

STATE IDENTITY OF EQUIPMENT ON WHICH BID IS SUBMITTED:

EARLIEST DELIVERY DATE: ___________________________________________________________

LATEST DELIVERY DATE: _____________________________________________________________

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