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Commissioners set 75-mile bid radius for UPS battery maintenance; vendors and response times debated

5760710 · August 29, 2025
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After extended discussion about warranty work and local vendor capacity, commissioners agreed to use a 75-mile radius in the bidding process for UPS battery maintenance; concerns remained about vendor location, capacity and response requirements.

Sumner County commissioners discussed a maintenance contract for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) batteries used in the county’s radio/communications network and directed staff to set a 75-mile radius for vendor bids after debate over local capacity and warranty responsibilities.

Commissioners and staff debated whether warranty work should require a local vendor or allow firms from other states. One commissioner said he did not want a vendor “from Ohio or New York or Texas or somewhere a long ways from here to have to send somebody in for warranty work,” describing past experiences where…

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