BID NUMBER:                           08-08-0909

BID TITLE:                                  FIRE/RESCUE VEHICLES

                                                      AND OTHER FLEET EQUIPMENT

ADVERTISEMENT:                  October 31, 2008 and November 7, 2008

PRE-BID CONFERENCE:          November 12, 2008, 10:00 a.m.

PRE-BID CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT:

                                                      Marion County Sheriff’s Office

                                                      Annex Conference Room

                                                      692 N.W. 30th Avenue

                                                      Ocala, FL 34475-5608

BID OPENING DATE:               December 8, 2008, 12:00 Noon

BID OPENING TO BE HELD AT:

                                                      Florida Sheriffs Association

                                                      Cooperative Bid Coordinator’s Office

                                                      (Temporary Physical Address)

                                                      1983 Centre Pointe Blvd., Suite 101 (32308)

                                                      P. O. Box 12519

                                                      Tallahassee, FL 32317-2519

BIDS MUST BE CONTAINED IN A SEALED CONTAINER ADDRESSED TO THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION. INDICATE ON THE OUTSIDE THE BID NUMBER, TITLE, OPENING DATE AND TIME.

VENDORS WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE THEIR BIDS TO FSA BY 12:00 NOON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2008.

ALL QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO THIS BID, SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO LYNN MEEK OR PEGGY GOFF WITH THE FLORIDA SHERIFFS ASSOCIATION AT (850)877-2165.