Woods County reviews multiple bids for fire apparatus under bid No. 242509

At an April meeting, the Woods County Board of County Commissioners opened and reviewed competing bids submitted under bid No. 242509 for a county fire apparatus and discussed optional equipment prices.

The commissioners reviewed several proposals with total bid figures cited in the meeting transcript including $99,750 (listed in the discussion as a “total bid price”), $84,750, $76,041.58, $72,848.24 and $62,803.76. The record also lists add-on options that bidders offered separately: toolboxes at $900 each, an Archeron front monitor at $12,500 each, a ProTech front monitor at $7,500 each and ground spray systems at $1,800 each.

Participants named several firms in the transcript in connection with the solicitation, including Northwest Fabrication (Chester, Oklahoma), MITRE LLC, Banner Fire and Redline Fire. The commissioners did not announce an award or final selection during the discussion recorded in the transcript.

County staff described the numbers and the optional equipment available from the bidders. Commissioners asked clarifying procedural questions about how the bids were presented (for example, a duplicated line item in the posted bids) but no formal motion to accept or reject any specific bid appears in the transcript.

Why it matters: procurement for fire apparatus affects county emergency response capacity and future maintenance and operating costs. The bids and optional equipment prices reviewed will be used in a later decision about whether to award a contract and which options to include.

Details drawn from the meeting record: the transcript lists the range of bid totals above and enumerates the optional equipment and prices. No dollar amounts for an awarded contract, funding source, or timetable for award were provided in the transcript.