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Request approval for the County Executive to award Bid #23-34 for the purchase of two (2) rescue boats from West Coast Marine Services, located in Bellingham, in an amount not to exceed $104,702.20
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Per WCC 3.08.100(A), the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office requests approval for the County Executive to award Bid #23-34 for the purchase of two (2) rescue boats to the lowest responsive bidder West Coast Marine Services, located in Bellingham, in an amount not to exceed $104,702.20. These rescue boats will be used by the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit and Whatcom County Search and Rescue Volunteers in the performance of county business for response to river and flood rescue operations. This is a planned purchase, and funding in the amount of $90,000.00 was included on Exhibit B of the 2023-2024 budget in the General Fund on ASR #2023-6352. A budget transfer was approved to fund the additional $14,702.20 needed for this purchase