Okaloosa County BOCC — February 18, 2014 — Action Item Printout

BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGENDA REQUEST DATE: February 18, 2014 TO: Honorable Chairman and Members of the Board FROM: Zan Fedorak SUBJECT: Seeking Authorization to Auction Surplus Items DEPARTMENT: Purchasing BCC DISTRICT: All STATEMENT OF ISSUE: Purchasing seeks authorization from the Board to auction surplus items through Global Enterprises. BACKGROUND & ANALYSIS: The County has surplus items that are ready for disposal. (List attached.) Purchasing is seeking authorization from the Board to auction these items through our contracted auctioneer Global Enterprises (C14-2104-PUR). Auctioning the surplus items is a new process. So far this year the auction proceeds from the non-TDD items have totaled $17,968.50. This total is over twice the proceeds from the previous process of the one day sale. (2012 - $7,998.9, 2011 - $8005.24, and 2010 - $6,285.00, No one day sale was held in 2013.) At the close of the first wave of auctions, there were 225 total registered bidders with 123 of those being from the 325_ _ zip code area. A total of 154 were from Florida and 70 bidders were from other states with one from Mexico. (Note: Bids close on TDD items on February 21, 2014.) OPTIONS: Approve/Disapprove auction of surplus items through Global Enterprises. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approving auction of surplus items. RECOMMENDED BY: APPROVED BY: Ernie Padgett, County Administrator