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Board of Trustees Meeting |
Agenda Item: New Business
Discussion and/or approval to go
out to bid and to purchase from the lowest responsible bidder a high performance, stereo microscope for the
Biocontrol Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 from Fund # 7450.01.220 - Equipment, Parts &
Supplies. – Dr.
Background:
The biocontrol lab works with Mermithid nematodes that are thin, translucent, white roundworms, from 10-100 mm long, and very difficult to see under the general magnifications of the microscopes currently in use. High magnification and excellent resolutions of the stereomicroscope is essential to perform infections of 1st instars mosquito larvae with pre-parasitic and parasitic phase of nematodes and to determine the gender of the infectious specimen.
Staff Recommendation:
Approve staff to go out to bid and to purchase from the lowest responsible bidder the high performance, stereo microscope for the Biocontrol Department in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00 from Fund # 7450.01.220, Equipment, and Parts & Supplies.
Fiscal Impact:
Current funds available from Fund #7450.01.220 - Equipment, Parts & Supplies is $16,676.34, 65% of the budgeted amount for this line item. This expenditure is approximately 60% of the available balance.