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21. TRADE IN OF OLD DESKS Pursuant to Maricopa County Procurement Code MC1-803, D.3, Adult Probation requests approval to trade in 120 metal desks that are twenty years old, have reached the end of their useful life, and need to be replaced. Jerry’s Furniture (the awarded vendor) will allow $20.00 per metal desk ($2,400.00) as a credit to be applied toward the cost of the replacement desks. The Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County has many items which the Maricopa County Surplus Program has deemed to have no resale value and, therefore, can be liquidated. These items include metal desks. Two alternatives to this proposal were considered. A recycling company willing to take the old desks could be located or we could hire a company to move these desks to the county landfill. The latter creates more landfill waste and both of these alternatives present a coordination issue between the removal of the old and delivery of the new. This could create down time for staff. To avoid these problems, the Adult Probation Department of the Judicial Branch respectfully requests approval to use these desks as a trade in towards the replacement purchase. (C-11-13-006-M-00)