A) Approval of sole source purchase with Elections Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) for the purchase of voting equipment as further described in the attached sales order in the amount of $942,975.00. 

B) Approval of partial Advance Payment.

C) Authorization for the Chairman to sign the attached letter regarding the Sole Source Purchase.

Funding Source:

CIP Fund-Non Capital Improvement Element - Machinery & Equipment - Capitalized - Equipment - Supervisor of Elections 

Purchasing the ES&S Voting Equipment and ElectionWare Software will accomplish the most cost-effective and economical solution for maintaining and upgrading the County’s voting system.  It will permit the continued use of the existing DS850 equipment and will avoid the substantial investment of time and money that would be necessary to acquire new tabulation software and the extensive training that would be required.