The Successful Bidder shall be required to provide four (4) identical Drawing Machines that meet the required specifications listed in this Section 4.2 of the IFB. Each Bidder must indicate how its proposed Drawing Machines meet or exceed the established specifications. Drawing Machines must be new and unused. Bidders must submit exactly two (2) Drawing Machine designs that meet the IFB specifications of this Section 4.2. Also, bidders must comply with the requirement in Section 3.3 to submit a separate Cost Sheet (Attachment D) for each design. 4.2.2 Each Drawing Machine must contain one (1) mixing chamber that includes a device or method of mixing balls. Each machine shall have a selection head and a display receptacle / tray. The display receptacle / tray must be capable of holding a minimum of twelve (12) balls. The display receptacle / tray shall allow for constant visual monitoring and broadcast presentation of the selection process. A loading rack for the mixing chamber is required. The loading rack holds the numbered balls prior to their release into the mixing chamber. The loading rack must be attached to a controlled access door which opens out from the machine / mixing chamber. The loading rack must be capable of holding a minimum of twenty-four (24) standard ping-pong style balls. When a ball is selected, the ball shall travel from the mixing chamber through a delivery device (which is a transparent tube), then through a controlled access gate to the display receptacle / tray. The display receptacle / tray shall be below the mixing chamber. 4.2.3 A controlled access gate and lever is required between the delivery device and the display receptacle / tray. The gate is required to automatically close after the ball has traveled from the mixing chamber through the delivery device and into the display receptacle / tray. The controlled access gate and lever shall also be capable of manual selection.
