IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION awarding a contract for the furnishing of market research services for the purpose of conducting a survey of Jackson County citizens regarding yard waste and recycling to ETC Institute of Olathe, KS, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 27-12, at a cost to the County not to exceed $15,000.00.
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RESOLUTION #17861, March 19, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Theresa Garza Ruiz, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, by Ordinance 4386, dated January 9, 2012, the Legislature did appropriate grant funds in the amount of $15,000.00 received from the Mid-America Regional Council's Solid Waste Management District to be used to conduct a survey of citizens living in unincorporated Jackson County, Blue Springs, Buckner, Grain Valley, Lake Lotawana, Lake Tapawingo, Lone Jack, and Oak Grove to gauge the interest and need for a yard waste facility to serve those areas; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing solicited formal written bids on Request for Proposals No. 27-12 for a market research agency to conduct the needed survey; and,
WHEREAS, a total of five notifications were distributed and five responses were received and evaluated as follows:
BIDDER COST EVALUATION POINTS
ETC Institute $15,000.00 100
Olathe, KS
Touch Focus $15,000.00 80
Blue Springs, MO
Discovery Research $23,200.00 60
Salt Lake City, UT
Applied Marketing $42,895.00 60
Kansas City (Jackson County), MO
Profile Marketing $12,350.00 60
Lake Worth, FL
and,
WHEREAS, an evaluation committee reviewed the proposals and evaluated each bidder on the basis of qualifications, experience, services, and pricing; and,
WHEREAS, the Director of Finance and Purchasing recommends that the contract be awarded to ETC Institute of Olathe, KS, under the terms and conditions of Request for Proposals No. 27-12, for the reason that it is the ...
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