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Resolution to Approve Exercising the Purchase Option of the Lease Agreement with Leica Geosystems, Inc. to Purchase TS15P R1000 Robotic Total Station for Surveying ($42,432.40)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and action is a resolution to approve exercising the purchase option of the Robotic Surveying Total Station Lease Agreement for a not-to-exceed price of $42,432.40. The Total Station will be paid for from the approved Project Management Services Unit FY12 operating budget.
Currently the Project Management Unit owns and operates a two year old Total Station, 12 year old surveying equipment, and a GPS system. The 12 year old unit is not as precise and efficient as the newer models and requires more time and effort to operate. The GPS system does not have the accuracy required for construction staking. The new technology for the Total Stations allows a one person survey crew to prepare the area topography and complete construction staking with more efficiency and accuracy. The 12 year old unit has been broken in the past and fixed many times. For the 2012 construction season, we plan to operate three (3) surveying crews. Addition of a new Robotic Total Station will allow us to continue with our civil engineering surveying tasks and to be prepared for unexpected equipment breakdowns.
At the time of writing this memorandum we are planning to lease a new Total Station for a monthly fee of $4,243.24 or 10% of the purchase price. The lease agreement includes the option to purchase the unit at any time during the lease agreement and pay an amount equal to the original purchase price of $42,432.40 minus all the rental fees that have been paid for leasing the equipment to the date of purchase.
All our other surveying equipments are made by Leica Geosystems. It is important that our next survey equipment uses the same software and parts as our other surveying equipments for cost savings, ease of training, operation and the ability to share equipments am...
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